Williamson v. Neitzel

Plaintiff brought this action against defendant to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him by reason of falling through an open elevator shaft in a building occupied by defendant. Judgment was for plaintiff, in the sum of $500, and defendant appeals.

It is shown by the pleadings and proof that defendant conducted a general automobile sales, supply, repair and garage business in a two-story building, with basement, located at the northeast corner of Tenth and Front Streets in the city of Boise. Storerooms in the northwest and southwest corners of the building were leased to other…