Supreme Court of Pennsylvania November 8, 1870 (Homan v. Stanley)

The opinion of the court was delivered, January 3d 1871, by

Read, J.

— This was an action against an owner of premises on which he was building a house, for negligence in leaving an excavation or cellar without a sufficient guard or barrier to prevent plaintiff from falling therein.

The jury found, 1st, that sufficient guards or barriers were not 'placed around the work by those.