Root v. Cudahy Packing Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The plaintiff, .an employee of the defendant, sued for damages resulting from personal injuries occasioned by the fall of an elevator in the -defendant’s packing house. The plaintiff recovered and the defendant appeals.

The elevator is of the common friction-hoist type. In this instance the machinery by which the car is operated is located under a suitable covering on the roof of an adjacent building. The essential parts of this machinery are a friction wheel of vulcanized paper with a face some twelve or more inches in width, a cast-iron bull…