Nolette v. Manchester Rendering Co.

The defendants base their contention that the court erred when it denied their motion for a directed verdict on the proposition that it conclusively appears that the place where the accident happened was neither one they had prepared for the plaintiff’s use nor one they knew he was accustomed to use in doing their work.

It is probably true that the defendant did not put the timbers on the side of the elevator well to enable their employees to enter the building from the loading platform, but it does not follow that they are necessarily free from fault, for the plaintiff’s evidence tends to…