Hillman Hotel, Inc. v. McHaley

LAWSON, Justice.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, J. W. McHaley, on October 7, 1946, when ■he fell while descending a flight of stairs in -the Hillman Hot,el in the city of Birmingham, which hotel was owned and operated by the defendant, Hillman Hotel, Inc. From a verdict and judgment for $9,000 defendant has duly appealed.

The theory of plaintiff’-s cause of action, considering the case from the standpoint of its submission to the jury, was that at the time of the accident he was a guest in •the hotel of defendant; that defendant negligently…