Guido v. Detroit Stove Works

Plaintiff, a native of Italy, at the time of his injury was 52 years of age, and had lived in this country 8 years — in Detroit 5 years — and had worked for the defendant for 2 years. During 18 months of that time he had worked in the barn, cleaning horses, washing wagons and automobiles, etc. From this employment he was taken into the factory, where the foreman instructed one Tano Wassella, who up to that time had operated the elevator, to instruct plaintiff how to run the elevator, and open and close the iron shutters inclosing the elevator shaft. The elevator was used for freight only..

Wass…