Weiner v. Egleston Amusement Co.

This is an action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while a patron in a moving picture theatre, operated by and in the control of the defendant. .

There was evidence tending to show that the plaintiff shortly after two o’clock in the afternoon went to the theatre, where she met her nephew, who was eleven years old; that *84he purchased the tickets, and they entered the theatre and went up stairs to the balcony; that when they reached the head of the stairs they were met by an usher in the employ of the defendant, to whom the plaintiff said, "Two,…