Legal Opinion

Ida Le Eddy v. Oklahoma Hotel Building Company, a Foreign Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided November 17, 1955No. 5133PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SAVAGE, District Judge.

Ida Le Eddy appeals from an order entered by the trial court at the close of her evidence directing a verdict for the defendant, Oklahoma Hotel Building Company.

Mrs. Eddy sought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in a fall at the Biltmore Hotel in Oklahoma City, which is operated by the defendant. She charged in her complaint that she fell while descending the stairway leading from the lobby to the main entrance of the hotel; that the fall was caused by negligence of the hotel company in permitting the stairs to become worn and unsafe, by failing to have…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Julian v. Sinclair Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
  2. Richardson v. El Paso Consolidated Gold Mining Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1911
  3. Clinkscales v. MundkoskiSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
  4. Midland Valley R. Co. v. KelloggSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
  5. Whitehead Coal Mining Co. v. PinkstonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Hampton by and Through Hampton v. HammonsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
  2. Good v. WhanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1959
  3. Bogart v. HesterNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1959
  4. Bogart v. HesterNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1959

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