Malloy v. New York Real Estate Ass'n

— The plaintiff, a drayman, having been injured on May 29, 1890, by falling down a freight elevator shaft at Nos. 10 and 21 Thomas street, this city, brought suit against the New York Eeal-Estate Association, a domestic corporation, which owns the building, and Nathan T. Porter and his copartners, who, under the firm name of Porter Bros. & Co., were lessees of all that part of the building above the store floor. Preceding the accident, one Maxson, an employe of Porter Bros. & Co., raised the elevator up to their floor. While it was there, the plaintiff, seeing the guard chain hung to one side…