Hutchins v. Priestly Express Wagon & Sleigh Co.

Plaintiff sued for personal injuries from being thrown down in an elevator shaft, beneath a descending elevator, whereby he was bruised and injured. The case was taken from the jury on account of his carelessness in •stepping down into the shaft, which was filled with shavings .sufficient to ease the pressure and save him from being ■crushed. The question of defendant’s negligence was not treated as important, and if the plaintiff had not been regarded as at fault, the case would not probably have been taken from the jury. We think that there was enough for the jury on •defendant’s…