Brown Hotel Company v. Marx

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Walter Marx obtained verdict and judgment of $8,213.35 as compensation for personal injury he sustained when his wrist was cut while he was a guest at The Kentucky Hotel (hereinafter hotel) in Louisville; the owner of the hotel appeals, asserting that it was entitled to a directed verdict. In testing that question we must ascribe to the evidence all reasonable inferences and deductions supporting appellee’s claim. Johnson v. Vaughn, Ky., 370 S.W.2d 591.

Marx, a salesman, rented a room in the hotel on April 8, 1963. The room was a large sample room in which Marx displayed…