Schmidt v. City of Newport

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Sampson

Reversing.

This action by Mrs. Scbmidt against the city of Newport and the Frankel Amusement Company, incorporated, was commenced in the Campbell circuit court on June 6, 1917, to recover damages for personal injury sustained by her in a fall on the sidewalk in front of the Hippodrome theatre, in the city of Newport, on the evening of March 16. Both general and special demurrers were filed by the defendants and the general demurrer sustained and the special demurrrer overruled to the original petition. Thereafter an amended petition was filed by Mrs.…