Murphy v. Grand Rapids Veneer Works
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to superior court of Grand Rapids; Newnham, J. Case by Maggie Murphy against the Grand Rapids Yeneer Works for the negligent killing of plaintiff’s intestate. There was judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAlvay, J.
Defendant owned and operated a veneer manufactory in the city of Grand Rapids. In the four-story building known as “ Mill No. 1,” in which this business was conducted, was an elevator used in connection with the business, located in a brick shaft outside and on the south side of the factory. The south wall of this shaft is built thicker at the base than at the top. The elevator platform is 14 feet in length north and south, and 7 feet in width east and west. At the first floor this platform fills the entire shaft. At the third floor, on account of the wall being not so thick, there is a space…
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