Modern Order of Praetorians v. Nelson

Appellees, parents of Guy Nelson, sued appellant in the court below for damages for negligently killing said Nelson while entering the elevator of appellant’s building in Dallas, and recovered verdict and judgment for $7,500, from which this appeal is taken.

The negligence alleged in the petition on the part of appellant to have brought about the death of Nelson was in permitting an operator without previous experience to operate its elevator; in not instructing such inexperienced operator for a period of ten days at the hands of a competent person, as provided by city ordinance, how to…