McInness v. Oscar F. Wilson Printing Co.

Appellee as plaintiff recovered a judgment for $1,695 against appellant, Oscar F. Wilson Printing Company, on account of injuries received by plaintiff in a fall into an elevator shaft on defendant’s premises. This appeal is prosecuted from that judgment.

Plaintiff was between 14 and 15 years of age at the time he was injured. He was employed by defendant as a messenger. His duties included the delivering of merchandise, and in so doing he used a two-wheeled truck. Defendant’s printing business was located on the second floor of a building and was provided with a stairway and an electric…