Otis Elevator Co. v. Wilson

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Miller —

Affirming.

In October, 1910, The Falls City Construction Company was engaged in erecting a ten-story building for the City National Bank, in Paducah. The Construction Company made a contract with the Otis- Elevator Company, by which the Elevator Company undertook to equip the building with elevators, and install the necessary machinery and apparatus therefor. The two com*677panies had their men at work simultaneously; and, while it was the duty of the Elevator Company to install the elevators, it was not its duty to erect the casings or' wire fencings around…