Hoskins v. Hotel Randolph Co.

Some years ago, there was an elevator catastrophe in the Hotel Randolph, at Des Moines, in which many persons were injured. Among them was the appellant Lois Hoskins, who brought an action, as plaintiff, in the district court of Polk County, against the Hotel Randolph Company, as defendant, to recover for her injuries. During those proceedings, the appellant Hotel Randolph Company, through written notice, vouched in the Otis Elevator Company, appellee, as the manufacturer of the elevator. Thereafter, the appellee defended against the claim of the appellant Lois Hoskins, for and in the name of…