Douville v. Northeastern Warehouse Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

Plaintiff brought an action in trespass against defendant to recover damages for the death of her husband, Clarence J. Douville, who was fatally injured when he fell into an open elevator shaft on defendant’s premises. The jury returned a verdict for $7,017.00 in favor of the plaintiff, and defendant thereupon filed motions for judgment n. o. v. and for a new trial, which were refused, and judgment was entered on the verdict. Defendant appealed.

Douville was employed as a customs warehouse storekeeper by the United States Treasury Department, and for a year prior to…