Klein v. Portland

The injury in question resulted' from the falling of a trap-door at the head of a stairway in a building, the door being about ten feet in length and four feet in width, and opening upwards against a wall at the head of the stairs, standing almost perpendicular to the floor. The evidence tends *690to show that without a brace of some kind against it, it would barely stand upright; in fact, one witness was of the opinion that it would not stand upright at all without bracing. The testimony for the plaintiff was to the effect that there was no brace or other appliance to hold the door open, and…