Hickey v. Fox-Ozark Theatres Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hoch, J:

Plaintiff was injured in a fall on the stairs at a theater, and recovered damages against the owner and operater of the theater. The defendant appeals.

The plaintiff, a resident of El Dorado, alleged in her petition that she attended a show at the “El Dorado Theatre” on May 29, 1940, and took a seat in the balcony; that the stairway, to the balcony was poorly lighted and had no handrail on the east or left-hand side going down; that after seeing the show she started down the stairway, and when part way down some boys, patrons of the theater,…