Stephens v. Akron Palace Theatre Corp.

OPINION

By WASHBURN, J.

Jean Stephens, as plaintiff, brought an action in the Common Pleas Court against the Akron Palace Theatre Corp. to recover damages for injuries suffered while a patron in the theater of the defendant, claimed to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant.

At the close of the evidence upon behalf of plaintiff, defendant moved for a judgment in its favor, and the court overruled the same, with a reservation of the right to reconsider the same later in the trial.

At the close of all of the evidence in the case, the motion was renewed, and likewise overruled.

The jury…