Jefferson Amusement Co. v. Eaves

COMBS, Justice.

Appellant, defendant in the court below, operates the Rio Theater, in the city of Beaumont. For the convenience of its patrons it maintains a ladies lounge or rest room, which is reached by a flight of stairs extending up from one side of the lobby. On September 16, 1937, appellee, Mrs. Bertha Eaves, while descending said stairs, with her one year old baby in her arms, tripped and fell receiving certain personal injuries, for which she and her husband sought damages in this suit. The suit was predicated on allegations of several acts of negligence:(1) That a piece, about six…