Mullen v. Mohican Co.

The material facts testified to are as follows: Munroe Court in Waterbury runs easterly between brick buildings from North Main Street. It is about nine and a half feet wide, paved with asphalt, and has a curb and sidewalk two feet wide on the north side of a portion of its length. On the southerly side of the court is the side wall of the brick building occupied by the defendant corporation. Near the rear of the building defendant maintained an elevator shaft opening on Munroe Court through a doorway, which was ordinarily closed when the elevator was not in use by a vertically sliding iron…