Watry v. Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus

*417Brown, J.

Appellant does not challenge the conclusion that respondent’s liability is that of an owner of a public building subject to such an owner’s obligations under the Wisconsin safe-place statute. The material parts of that statute are:

“Sec. 101.06 Employer’s duty to furnish safe employment and place. . . . Every employer and every owner of a place of employment or a public building now or hereafter constructed shall so construct, repair, or maintain such place of employment or public building, ... as to render the same safe.”

Tlie word “safe” is defined in sec. 101.01 (11), Stats.:

“The…