Wilson v. Escanaba Woodenware Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Delta; Stone, J. Case by Edward M. Wilson against the Escanaba Wooden ware Company for personal injuries. There was judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The plaintiff has appealed from a verdict rendered in favor of the defendant in obedience to the direction of the trial judge. The action was brought to recover damages suffered by plaintiff through the fall of an elevator for carrying freight in defendant’s factory, at a time when the plaintiff, its employé, was riding upon it in the line of his duty.
*542There is evidence tending to show that the elevator was provided with twin cables for raising it, and something in the nature of a safety device, which, at the time of the accident, was out of use, apparently through design. The cables had been…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Swick v. Ætna Portland Cement Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1907
- McDonald v. Michigan Central RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
- Fischer v. GoldieMichigan Supreme Court · 1903
- Goga v. American Car & Foundry Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1905
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