Potemkin v. Leach

These are actions on the case, the former against a young man and the latter against his father, to recover for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff from the falling of a freight elevator in which he was then riding and which, until just a few moments before it fell, was being operated by Oscar A. Leach.

In the declaration in the former case it is alleged that the plaintiff was then riding on the elevator upon the invitation and request of the defendant and that the fall of the elevator was due to the negligence of the defendant in its operation. In the declaration in the latter case it…