Bateman v. Doughnut Corp. of America

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $25,000 and from an order denying a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Appellant directs his appeal solely to the fact that certain requested instructions were not given and that error was committed in receiving in evidence a photograph of the scene of the accident, taken after certain changes were made.

The facts of the case may be summarized as follows: Upphoff entered into a contract on January 21, 1941, with the Doughnut Corporation of America, respondent’s employer, to install a hydro-electric freight elevator in the…