Spoar v. Turn-Verein
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered October'4, 1910, upon overruling demurrers to affirmative defenses, dismissing an action for personal injuries sustained by falling upon a stairway, after a hearing before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
This is an action to recover damages for injuries sustained .by the plaintiff Effie M. Spoar, on January IS, 1910, from falling upon the steps of an outside stairway leading to a hall in a building owned by the defendant. The complaint alleges, that the building was temporarily occupied by the Spokane Poultry Association under a license from the defendant for the purpose of exhibiting poultry, and that the defendant retained full control of. the premises; that the plaintiff visited the poultry show, and while attempting to leave the building by the stairway, slipped upon the ice which the…
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