Kelley v. Brown

Plaintiff Frank Kelley had been employed for more than three and one-half years by defendants Ova D. Brown and Clarence C. Brown, copartners doing business as the Brown Ice & Coal Company of Benton Harbor, Michigan. On July 9, 1930, he and his son Zell were directed to fill the ice coolers in two meat markets. In order to fill coolers of this type, it was generally necessary to take along a small portable step-ladder or steps, so as to reach the opening in the upper part of the cooler, through which the ice was shoved. Defendants had two ladders for this purpose, and defendants’, foreman…