Slakoff v. Foulke

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

This is an appeal from the refusal of the court below to take off a nonsuit in an action of trespass.

Sidney Slakoff, aged twenty-two years, son of the plaintiff, was fatally injured in an elevator shaft in Philadelphia on October 27, 1933. The plaintiff was dependent upon him for support and maintenance. He was employed by A. Gordon & Sons, confectionary jobbers, who occupied the first floor and basement of a five-story building. The other floors were occupied by other tenants.

On the morning of the accident this young man arrived for work about eight o’clock.…