Lee v. Publishers, George Knapp & Co.

This is an action by the parents for compensation for services of a child whose death was occasioned in the use of an elevator belonging to defendant.

The negligence alleged in the petition is: First. A defective and negligent construction of the elevator by reason of “an open space between the floor of said elevator car and the door of the elevator,” of such dimensions as to “create a dangerous hole or trap into which the passengers upon said elevator were likely to fall.” Second. “That in the running of said elevator it shook and was unsteady.” Third. “In having in charge of said elevator an…