Legal Opinion

Armstrong v. Yakima Hotel Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided September 22, 1913No. 10897PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Appeal from a.judgment of the superior court for Yakima county, Preble, J., entered February 29, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action in tort.

1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.

The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for injuries received by reason of a fall down a stairway in the defendant’s hotel. She testified that, about noon on March 16th, 1911, she went to the hotel to purchase her lunch, after finishing which she ascended the stairs and visited • the toilet maintained on the second floor for the use of female guests, and that in descending the stairway she caught the heel of her shoe on the brass facing on the second step from the top, and fell to the lobby below, suffering the injuries for which she sues. One Ralph M. Dunbar and his wife, who…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Birch v. AbercrombieWashington Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Stratton v. C. H. Nichols Lumber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1905
  3. Iverson v. McDonnellWashington Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Westby v. Washington Brick, Lime & Manufacturing Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Edwards v. BurkeWashington Supreme Court · 1904

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Kadiak Fisheries Co. v. Murphy Diesel Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1967
  2. Nelson v. PlacanicaWashington Supreme Court · 1949
  3. Quon v. Furuya Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Cogswell v. C. C. Anderson Stores Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1948
  5. Faris v. Burroughs Adding Machine Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1929

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