Crane Company v. Newman

Appellee, plaintiff, brought this action against appellants, Crane Company and Eldon Welborn, etc., employee. Recovery was sought on the grounds of alleged negligence on the part of appellants in permitting appellee to walk into an elevator shaft at a time the elevator was not at said landing.

The specific grounds of negligence as charged in the complaint are as follows:

“1. That the defendants carelessly and negligently failed and omitted to maintain a light in front of said elevator.

“2. That the defendants carelessly and negligently opened the elevator gate and invited this plaintiff to enter…