Van Horn v. Cooper & Cole Bros.

This action was commenced in the district court for Lancaster county by plaintiff as administrator of the estate of Frank C. Van Horn, deceased. It is alleged in the petition, among other things, that the decedent was on the 16th day of October, 1907, and for a short time prior thereto had been, in the employ of the defendant, a corporation, as a pipe cutter and fitter in its place of business; that defendant maintained for its use in handling and storing its goods, which consisted of steam, water and plumbing supplies, in its two-story building, a freight elevator, which elevator had become…