Faris v. Hoberg
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Vigo Superior Court.
1Opinion of the CourtHackney, J.
The appellant prosecuted this action in the court below for the recovery of damages in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, alleged to have been sustained by falling into an open elevator shaft upon the premises of the appellees. The issue was joined by a general denial, and in the submission of the cause the court instructed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the appellees. This action of the court is here submitted for review.
The appellees were retail merchants in the city of Terre Haute, their store-house fronting on Wabash avenue and extending north one hundred and forty-one feet and…
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