Webber v. E. K. Larimer Hardware Co.

Garfield, J.—

The principal question is the sufficiency of the evidence to take to the jury the issue of defendant’s negligence. We will view the evidence in the light most favorable to plaintiff.

Defendant operates a hardware store in Cedar Rapids. Plaintiff, a trucker for a near-by farmers’ elevator, presented at defendant’s store a written order from his employer for two sheets of galvanized steel, three by eight feet. Defendant’s clerk sent plaintiff to its warehouse, in charge of Gable, the only employee there.. Gable directed plaintiff into the warehouse with him to see if they could find…