Nettles v. Emerick

JOHNSON, District Judge.

This is an action in trespass to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained on account of the negligence of the defendant in maintaining a defective spigot in defendant’s hotel where plaintiff was a guest.

At the trial, at the close of plaintiff’s evidence, the court granted a nonsuit, which the plaintiff is now moving to take off.

The evidence shows that the defendant operated a hotel known as the Penn Belle Hotel and that the plaintiff became a registered guest at the hotel and was assigned to a room equipped with a washstand in the wall…