Brown v. A. W. Perry Co.

The defendant controlled a building on Bed-ford Street in Boston and the elevators therein. Stores and offices were occupied by various tenants. The elevators had no attendants to operate them. There was evidence that the gates on the elevators, and particularly those on the elevator on the Kingston Street side of the building, were defective, and would not close automatically, with the result that they did not guard against falling down the elevator well. The plaintiff’s intestate was the driver of an express truck, and was in the building on November 28, 1945, collecting express packages…