Cook v. Lowe

This is an action for personal injuries brought by Doris Evelyn Cook, a married woman, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, against Lyall Lowe, hereinafter referred to as defendant. Plaintiff alleges she sustained injuries as a result of a fall down a flight of stairs on defendant’s premises in the early morning of April 3, 1963. The case was tried to a jury which returned a verdict for $3,000 for the plaintiff. Defendant has perfected an appeal to this court from the judgment entered thereon.

The defendant was the operator of the Town House Motel in South Sioux City, Nebraska. On the evening…