Morris & Co. v. Alvis

This was an action by Alvis against Morris and Company, Incorporated, to recover damages for a personal injury received by falling into an open elevator shaft •on the premises of the defendant. This is the second time this case has been before this court. It is first reported as Morris & Co. v. Alvis, 130 Va. 434, 107 S. E. 664. The testimony as to the physical arrangement of the building, the absence of any door to the elevator, the method of supplying this deficiency, the inadequacy of the lighting system, the circumstances attending the accident and the like, was much the same on the…