Noyes v. Des Moines Club
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — W. H. McHenry, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries occasioned by falling down an elevator shaft. Opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
*8161. trial : verdict: díctfnSeTneg-lig-ence. *815Defendant is a corporation, owns, occupies and controls a certain five-story .brick building situated at *816the southwest corner of the intersection of the streets known as 8th and Locust Streets, in the city of Des Moines. A portion of the building is occupied by tenants. For its own uses and purposes, it occupies and controls the following: the lobby on the first floor, the passenger elevator leaving said lobby, all the third floor and the fifth floor, the entire basement, and about half of the second .floor. Defendant also used and controlled an…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Meyer v. HouckSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892
- Burner v. Higman & Skinner Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- Betts v. BettsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
- In re Probating of the Will of PhillipsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
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- Lasell v. Tri-States Theatre Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1943
- Reuter v. Iowa Trust & Savings BankSupreme Court of Iowa · 1953
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