Hardware Mutual Casualty Co. v. Saint Paul-Mercury Indemnity Co.

On October '30, 1949, a driver of the Walter Brewing Company stopped one of its trucks in front of a tavern for the purpose of delivering kegs of beer into the basement of the tavern. In the sidewalk in front of the tavern, there was a trap-door opening used for putting the kegs from the truck into the basement. The brewing company’s driver got off the truck and walked to the sidewalk and opened the trap door preparatory to putting the kegs of beer from the truck through the trap door into the basement. The truck was double-parked on the street and as the driver returned to the truck he was…