Paramount-Richards Theatres v. Price

*884McGehee, O. J.

On the night of April 8, 1948, the plaintiff, Mrs. T. J. Price, sustained a severe injury in a fall while descending some steps in the well lighted marquee of the theatre of Paramount-Richards Theatres, Incorporated, immediately after leaving the dark auditorium and about 10 o ’clock in the evening* where she had seen a picture show. She filed this suit on December 19, 1949, and thereafter recovered damages in the sum of $5,000 for such personal injury.

*885The plaintiff was then 68 years of age, had frequently attended the picture shows at this theatre and had theretofore been…