Fowler Packing Co. v. Enzenperger

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action by Joseph Enzenperger, jr., to recover damages for injuries sustained by him while in the employ of the Fowler Packing Company. He was employed to haul meat in trucks from floor to floor of the defendant’s six-story packinghouse. The trucks were carried from the different floors on two freight-elevators, operated in a single shaft. These elevators, which were merely moving platforms, without protection from above or on the sides and without a center partition between them, were operated from the fifth floor, and were…