Harral v. Kent Corp.

*323The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by a guest of a hotel, owned and operated by defendant corporation, when she attempted to leave the hotel by a rear door after dark and fell into a ditch outside such door.

The jury answered special questions and returned a general verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $3,500. Defendant’s motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, to set aside answers to special questions, and for a new trial, being overruled, it appeals.

For a number of years prior to June 28, 1947, the…