Braman v. Stewart
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Macomb; Tucker, J. Case by Jennie M. Braman against Kate S. Stewart for personal injuries. There was judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtBlair, J.
Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendant, the proprietor and operator of the Sherman House hotel in Mt. Clemens, in not keeping certain brass strips or nose pieces fastened to the front or outside edge of each tread or step of a stairway in said hotel in a proper state of repair, whereby the plaintiff, while carefully descending the stairs, caught the heel of her shoe on *549one of said brasses and was precipitated to the bottom of the stairway, suffering serious injuries. The trial judge directed a verdict for the…
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