Ball v. Atlantic City Ambassador Hotel Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Freund, J.

The appellant appeals from a judgment recovered by the respondent in the Atlantic Circuit for personal injuries.

The complaint alleges that the respondent- was visiting friends who were guests at the hotel owned and operated by the appellant. During the visit the respondent had occasion to use the bathroom connecting wi-th the bedroom occupied by the respondent’s friends. The complaint further alleges that the “defendant negligently kept and maintained at the entrance of the said bathroom a sudden and abrupt step leading therefrom * * *…