Reed v. Moore & McFerrin
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee.
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARDS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in error, J. H. Reed, was injured by the fall of a freight elevator in the box factory, at Memphis, Tenn., of the defendants in error, Moore & McFerrin. There was no substantial dispute as to the facts of the case, and the court be*359low directed a verdict for the defendants. The elevator was an old one, and had several times been repaired. Its gearing, consisting of the sprocket wheel, cogs, etc., connected with the shaft and constituting the operating mechanism of the device, was located on the ground floor and covered by a sheet-iron hood, which not only…
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