Jefferson v. Y. M. C. A.

Argued May 28, 1946. This is an appeal from the refusal of the court below to take off a compulsory non-suit in an action of trespass. The plaintiff as administratrix of the estate of her deceased son, brought this action for damages for the latter's death resulting from the alleged negligence on the part of the defendant, the Young Men's Christian Association of Chester, Pa. Vernon T. Jefferson, then aged thirty-four years, at 12:50 A.M., March 27th, 1943, rented a cot for the night on the second floor of the Y.M.C.A. building in Chester, which is used in part as a lodging house. Jefferson…