Armour v. Russell
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This was an action by a servant against his master for damages for negligence in the construction and maintenance of elevators and of the shaft, in which they operated. At the close of the evidence counsel for the defendant requested the court to instruct the jury that all that was required of the master was that it should have exercised ordinary care to provide reasonably safe and suitable elevators and appliances for the use of its servant. The court denied this request, and charged the jury that it was the duty of (he defendant to furnish the plaintiff a reasonably…
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