Swift & Co. v. Platte

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J. :

This was an action by William Platte to recover from Swift & Company for injuries sustained by him while descending a dark stairway in thej'packing-house of the company. He was an employee of the company and had been at work in a part of the packing-house where the accident occurred about three weeks. The stairway by which Platte and his associates left the building was in two sections, the upper section being cased up and dark at ail times except when artificially lighted. For the purpose of lighting it, an electric light was placed…