Moll v. Riverside Storage & Cartage Co.

Plaintiff was a teamster, and had been for over three years in the employ of Eckert & Becker, brewers. Defendant is a limited partnership association owning warehouses. Its building is five stories high, facing Woodbridge street, with an alley in the rear. .The several floors are used for storage purposes. A freight elevator in the rear of the building on the alley runs from the basement to the top floor. It is a combination hand or power elevator, started in motion by pulling a large rope cable, and, when moving, the noise can be heard throughout the building. The openings to the elevator…