Henson v. Beckwith
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Trespass on the Case for negligence against the owner of a building for maintaining therein an elevator known to he defectively constructed, and in attempting to use which the plaintiff’s intestate, while delivering goods to a tenant of the building, was killed.
1Opinion of the CourtStiness, J.
The declaration alleges that the defendant, owner of a building known as the Owen Building, on Dyer street, in the city of Providence, on April 3, 1895, and for a long time prior thereto, knew of a dangerous defect in the construction of the elevator well therein, by leaving a large opening between the elevator and the outer wall; that while the plaintiff’s intestate was delivering goods, on said April 3rd, to a tenant in the building by his invitation, and while in the exercise of due care, said intestate fell through the opening and was killed.
The defendant demurs to the declaration for…
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