Hayes v. Frederick Stearns & Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Carpenter, J. Case by John R. Hayes against Frederick Stearns & Company for personal, injuries. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoose, J.
This case was commenced in the circuit court to recover for injuries received from falling through, an open trapdoor. It was tried before a jury. The plaintiff recovered a judgment of $2,500. The case is brought here by writ of error.
The defendant company is engaged in the business of manufacturing chemists. In the latter part of 1899 and early in 1900, it moved its business from the west side of the city of Detroit to the corner of Bellevue and Jefferson avenues. The new laboratory covered nearly a block. It was three stories high, and built around a court. At the time of the accident…
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