Legal Opinion
Conover v. Hecker
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided April 8, 1947No. Docket No. 79, Calendar No. 43,611PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBushnell, J.
Plaintiff William C. Conover operates a printing office in the Cass Building in Detroit. This building is owned by defendant Christian H. Hecker, as trustee, and is managed by defendant Reaume & Silloway, Inc.
On September 21, 1944, when Conover, then aged 81, entered the building to. go to his office on the fifth floor he found that the passenger elevator was not operating. The janitor of the building unlocked the basement door so that Conover could use the freight elevator, as he had done on 25 or 30 other occasions when the passenger elevator was not. operating. The freight elevator on this…
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