Baker v. Irish
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 212, Oct. T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1894, No. 686, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Magee, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 212, Oct. T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1894, No. 686, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Magee, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. A witness for defendant was asked this question: Q. Had he before the accident made a practice of attempting to jump out of the elevator before the elevator came to a full stop ? By Mr. McQuistion : What is the purpose of the question? By Mr. Potter: To show his carelessness in this matter, and to show that he was warned against this very thing.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
The plaintiff, Herbert H. Baker, was a messenger boy in the Penn building on Penn street in the city of Pittsburg. The building is eight stories high, and access to the floors is had by two hydraulic passenger elevators; the entrance to the elevators from the landings is by doors, which swing outward from the shafts. The plaintiff, on August 10, 1893, was about sixteen years of age, and at that time was in the employ of a tenant on the third floor. The defendant is the owner of the *531building, provides the elevators and employs those who, for the convenience of his…
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