Vellekoup v. D. Fullerton & Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Garrison, J.

The plaintiff recovered a verdict for damages for personal injuries sustained under the following circumstances :

The plaintiff, who was an employe of the defendant, was using the elevator in the latter’s place of business to bring two barrels of lard from the top floor of the building to the first floor. When the elevator had stopped at the first floor, the plaintiff rolled one of the barrels off the platform, and *17having been ordered to clear the elevator, went hack to get the other barrel, and, not observing that the elevator was no longer…