Smith v. Kestner & Hecht Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

The appellees were engaged as contractors in install-in elevators in a large office building in Louisville. One of their employes was the appellant, who had been working in this character of business for a number of years-, and for some time previous to the date of his injuries had been at work in this Louisville building. He was a mature, experienced elevator workman and fully understood all the dangers of his employment.

In this building there were four elevator shafts that may be designated as one, two, three and four. The building when…