Winslow v. Commercial Building Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Blackhawlc District Court. — Hon. C. E. Bansier, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for personal injury. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The defendant was the owner of a six-story office building in the city of Waterloo, and employed the plaintiff as a janitor therein. Hpon the outer wall of this building, the defendant, in obedience to law and to an ordinance of the city, constructed and maintained an iron fire escape. It was built upon the usual plan, with a platform at each floor above the first story, all being-connected by flights of stairs. To connect the first platform with the ground below there was an adjustable “emergency ladder,” hung upon iron or steel supports at*240tached to or fastened in the brick wall of the…
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