Crown Drug Company v. McBride

CARLILE, Justice.

This action was filed in, the District Court of Tulsa County by Frank McBride against the Crown Drug Company, a corporation, and O. A. Mattingly to recover damages for personal injuries sustained when the plaintiff fell through a sidewalk opening to the basement below. A verdict and judgment was rendered for plaintiff against the defendants for $18,500, and they appealed. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court.

The record shows that the Crown Drug Company, as lessee, occupied a store building at the corner of Fourth and Main Streets in Tulsa, which…