Harig v. McCutcheon

John L. McCutcheon brought an action against Charles Harig, Prank P. Harig, John J. Harig, individually and as partners doing business as J. & P. Harig, the Cincinnati Times-Star Company, a corporation, and the Warner Elevator Manufacturing Company, a corporation, charging these defendants with negligence in failing to guard, barricade, and protect an elevator shaft, also charging them with a violation of Section 504, c. 3, of the Building Code of Cincinnati, and prayed for judgment in the sum of $50,000.

The answers of the various defendants deny negligence, and plead that the accident, if…