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OTIS ELEVATOR CO. v. WALSTAD

No. 5670.

37 F.2d 895 (1930)

OTIS ELEVATOR CO. v. WALSTAD et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1930.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. J. Blackwell, of Miama, Fla. (Huber, Blackwell & Gray, of Miami, Fla., on the brief), for appellant.

F. M. Hudson and Rudolph Isom, both of Miami, Fla. (Hudson & Cason, of Miami, Fla., on the brief), for appellees.

Before BRYAN and FOSTER, Circuit Judges, and GRUBB, District Judge.

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellee recovered damages for personal injuries caused by the falling of an elevator in the Dade county courthouse, in which she was a passenger. Error is assigned to the refusal of a directed verdict and to portions of the charge to the effect that a presumption of negligence on the part of appellant arose from the accident.

There is no doubt appellee was injured while a passenger in the elevator. There was evidence tending to show...

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