Johnson v. Hopkins

Appellant, on May 26, 1923, owned and operated an apartment house in the city of Montgomery known as the Kenwood Apartments, consisting of several floors, reached by means of an automatic elevator. On that date appellee went to the Kenwood Apartments to confer with a Miss AA’atson, her business associate, who occupied a room on the fourth floor. She walked down the hall to take the elevator, but the door to the elevator shaft was open and she stepped into the shaft, receiving injuries for which she sued and recovered damages. Plaintiff charged that defendant negligently failed to keep the…