Ebert v. A. J. Kasper Co.

Plaintiff, eighteen years of age, was, on April 4, 1927, employed by the defendant as its "handy man" in its wholesale house in Kansas City. The three-story building in which defendant carried on its business was leased to it about two months prior to the time plaintiff became its employee. A freight elevator which had been installed in the building many years before defendant leased the premises was used in carrying freight between the floors. The elevator, the platform of which was approximately five feet square, was operated by means of a cable. There was a gate at the elevator shaft on…