Rasmussen v. George Benz & Sons

1 Reported in 210 N.W. 75, ___ N.W. ___. Appeal from a judgment entered after a denial of defendant's motion for judgment non obstante.

Chris Rasmussen was an able bodied man employed by the Citizens Ice Fuel Company. Defendant owned a lease of ground on which it erected a building part of which is known as the St. Francis hotel and is leased to the St. Francis Hotel Company. Other tenants occupy other parts of the building. Defendant maintains a freight elevator and stairway adjacent thereto in the building. This stairway from the basement to the first floor has one landing at the turn in the…