Lehnen v. E. J. Hines & Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action brought by the appellee, Alice Lehnen, against the appellants, E. J. Hines & Company, to recover damages for injuries sustained by her while she was a guest at the Mecca, the appellants’ hotel, at Coffeyville, Kan. She alleged and offered proof tending to show that she came as a .guest to appellants’ hotel on the evening of August 27, 1910, when she registered and was assigned to a room which she and her companion, Miss Edna Smith, occupied, and that at about two or three o’clock on the following morning, when she and…