Truschel v. Rex Amusement Co.

Hatcher, Judge :

This suit was instituted in July, 1924, in the circuit court of Ohio County, to recover damages for personal injury received by the plaintiff in the Rex Theatre in the City of Wheeling. Upon the trial of the case the defendant demurred to the evidence, the court overruled the demurrer, and upon a conditional verdict of the jury for the plaintiff, rendered a judgment of $18,000 in her favor. Defendant prosecutes error here.

On the night of Oct. 15, 1923, the plaintiff, then aged 23 and unmarried, and several companions attended an entertainment in the Rex Theatre. As they were…