Roth v. Buettell Bros.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court. — Hon. M. O. Matthews, Judge. Action for damages resulted iu a judgment for plain •tiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The defendant occupied a building in Dubuque facing east on Clay Street and.'extending back to the alley, consisting of five stories and a basement. Each story was divided by a partition in the center running east and west through which there were openings or archways. About fifteen feet from the rear and at the north side, directly opposite the archway nearest the end was a freight elevator operated by electricity from the basement to the -fifth floor. The shaft was inclosed on all sides from *214floor to ceiling with the entrance from the south through two doors, one opening out to the east and…
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