Hanlon v. St. Francis Seminary

If the judgment is to be affirmed it must appear that there has been a violation of the so-called safe-place statute. Sec. 101.06, Stats., provides:

“. . . Every employer and every owner of a place of employment or a public building now or hereafter constructed shall so construct, repair, or maintain such place of employment or public building, ... as to render the same safe.” '

A public building is defined as “any structure used in whole or in part as a place of resort, assemblage, lodging, trade, traffic, occupancy, or use by the public, or by three or more tenants.” Sec. 101.01 (12), Stats.

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