Averch v. Johnston

In a personal injury action, Lester F. Johnston, called herein the plaintiff, obtained a judgment for $2,800 against Morris, Dave and Meyer Averch and Sam Kaminski, copartners doing’ business as the Capitol Packing Company, called herein the defendants.

The defendants operate a packing plant. In the rear of the building is a “driving chute,” extending from the cattle pen up to the door of the killing room, a distance of some sixty or seventy feet. With an end against the rear of the building and one side built against the chute, is a coal bin. On November 11, 1930, Joe Vedick, employed by the…