Boles v. Royal Union Life Insurance

Hotel Maytag in the city of Newton, Iowa, is a five-story building above the basement. In this hotel, opening off the northwest portion of the main lobby, is a passenger elevator. Near the east side of the building is another elevator commonly known as the freight elevator, which could be entered from the inside of the building by passing through a hallway and two intervening doors between such elevator and lobby. This elevator could also be entered from the outside of the building through a steel door which rolled up at the top and which opened upon an alley running along the east side of…