Boyd v. Logan Jones Dry Goods Co.

* NOTE: Opinion filed at May Term, 1934, June 12, 1934; motion for rehearing filed; motion overruled July 17, 1934; motion to transfer to Court en Banc filed; motion overruled at September Term, September 18, 1934. This case, coming recently to the writer, is an action for $10,000 damages for the death of plaintiff's husband, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant in the construction and maintenance of a stairway. The trial court sustained a demurrer to plaintiff's evidence. Plaintiff took an involuntary nonsuit, thereafter filed a motion to set it aside, which was…