Hamilton v. Taylor
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Toet for personal injuries from falling into an elevator well in a building owned by tbe defendant numbered 52 and 54 on Pearl Street in Boston between nine and ten o’clock in the forenoon of January 8, 1900. Writ dated May 28,1900. At the trial in the Superior Court Bond, J. ordered a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The plaintiff was route foreman for an ice company, and was assisting one of the drivers of the ice wagons in delivering ice. At 52 Pearl Street on the corner of Wendell Street one Saunders kept a restaurant on the ground floor of the building. His premises were divided by a partition about fifteen feet from the rear, so as to leave a main room in *70front, with tables for guests, and a kitchen in the rear. The main entrance was in front, from Pearl Street, and from Wendell Street a covered passageway led into the building through a thick brick wall to a freight elevator which was used by the…
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