Supreme Court of Iowa January 25, 1897 (Hansen v. State Bank Building Co.)

Granger, J.

It seems to be thought in argument that the court, in directing a verdict, based its ruling on the fact of contributory negligence. The excuse urged for Hansen’s attempt to operate the elevator, himself, is the fact that he had many times before done so, and that others, aside from those assigned to *674that duty, had been in the habit of so doing.