Gidge v. Security Realty Co.

Exceptions overruled. There was no error in directing a verdict for each defendant. The plaintiff’s injuries occurred on January 27,1959, about 8:20 p.m. as a result of his fall into the elevator shaft of the office building in which he had desk space with a tenant. The plaintiff testified that the corridor was dark and that he opened the unattended elevator shaft door by inserting a rod through a small hole and moving the handle of the lock bar. He had done this for years, on frequent visits “after hours,” having learned of the rod and its use from observing another person thus enter and use…