Bridges v. Hillman

Frank; T. Gallagher, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment of the district court and the order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or in the alternative for a new trial.

The trial of this action before a jury was instituted by plaintiff Bridges, a sales employee of Porter Electric Company, against defendant Hillman, the owner and lessor of a building in Minneapolis occupied by Porter Electric Company as lessee, to recover for injuries sustained by plaintiff in falling into the elevator shaft located in the building.

The building in which the accident occurred was…