Coston v. Skyland Hotel, Inc.

The plaintiff brought this suit to recover damages for a personal injury alleged to have been brought about by the defendant’s negligence, basing her ease on the evidence herein summarized. The appeal is from the judgment of nonsuit on defendant’s demurrer at the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence. The. defendant offered none.

The defendant was operating a hotel at Hendersonville. The plaintiff, on the day of her injury, entered the lobby of the hotel where she and a friend had agreed to meet and have dinner. The friend was coming from Winston-Salem and had not arrived. There were two booths…