Farmers' & Mechanics' National Bank v. Hanks

The facts out of which this litigation arose are thus stated by the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth Supreme Judicial District:

“Between 10 and 11 o’clock of the morning of October 15, 1906, while S. B. Hanks, aged about 22 years, and son of -appellees Hanks, was engaged in the work of plastering in the elevator shaft, he was killed by the descending elevator car being operated by appellant’s employee in charge and control thereof. The appellant was the owner of a six story office building in the city of Fort Worth, known as the TToxie Building,’ and tenanted by a great many different…