Brown Hotel Co., Inc. v. Sizemore

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

—Affirming.

The sole question is whether or not a peremptory instruction should have been given for the defendant, Brown Hotel Company, in this action against it and the Pittsburg Fuel Company by T. M. Sizemore for injuries sustained when the cover of a coal chute on which he stepped tilted and caused his leg to plunge into the manhole. The judgment was for $5,277 on a verdict specifically providing that each defendant should pay an equal part. The Fuel Company satisfied its. half of the judgment, but the Hotel Company appeals, and contends it was…