Gardner v. Seymour

Appellants have a six-story-and-basement building. On the two lower floors, they conduct a merchandising business, and the upper four floors are used for storing stock.

On October 3, 1944, Jean W. Gardner, who had been working for appellants for about two years and who was manager of the second floor store, went out of the store premises on the second floor, to a hallway, for the express purpose of getting stock replacements from one of the upper floors. From that hallway there were stairs going up and down, and also an entrance to a freight elevator. About six minutes later, he was found at…