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HAWKINS CONSTRUCTION CO. v. MATTHEWS CO., INC.

No. 38627.

209 N.W.2d 643 (1973)

190 Neb. 546

HAWKINS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee, v. MATTHEWS COMPANY, INC., a corporation and Waco Scaffold and Shoring Company, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

July 27, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crossman, Barton & Norris, Cassem, Tierney, Adams & Henatsch, John R. Douglas, Omaha, for appellants.

Knudsen, Berkheimer, Endacott & Beam, Lincoln, for appellee.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., BOSLAUGH, SMITH, McCOWN, NEWTON and CLINTON, JJ., and HASTINGS, District Judge.

WHITE, Chief Justice.

This is an action for property damage sustained by plaintiff Hawkins Construction Company as a result of the collapse of a scaffold manufactured by the defendant Waco Scaffold and Shoring Company and leased to the plaintiff by the defendant Matthews Company, Inc. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff and against both defendants in the amount of $32,635.48. We affirm the judgment of the District Court.

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