Zeigler v. Oil Country Specialties Manufacturing Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The plaintiff recovered a judgment for injuries sustained by him in falling into a trapdoor while on the defendant’s premises seeking employment. The defendant appeals.

The plaintiff went to the defendant’s plant and inquired for employment of the superintendent, who referred him to the foreman and pointed to the door through which the plaintiff should go to find him. The plaintiff went as directed, fell into the trapdoor, and was injured. The trapdoor had no railing around it and, according to the testimony of the plaintiff, was raised…