Watkins v. Sharon Aerie No. 327 Fraternal Order of Eagles

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

Plaintiffs appeal from an Order of the lower Court, which (1) refused their motion to set aside a judgment of nonsuit entered for defendant and (2) dismissed their motion for a new trial.

Appellants brought an action of trespass to recover for injuries sustained by Bessie B. Watkins * on premises which were under defendant’s control and for the consequential damages suffered by her husband, Harold R. Watkins.

On the evening of April 18,1963, Mr. and Mrs. Watkins and a friend, Mrs. Bower, went to the Eagles Club on Main Street in Sharon, Pennsylvania, to play…