River Excursion Company v. Kuntz

Opinion op the Court by

Ureal, Commissioner—

Reversing.

Mary Kuntz recovered judgment against the River Excursion Company for the sum of $2,102.70 as damages for injuries alleged to have been occasioned by a fall from a stairway leading from the third or hurricane deck to the second deck of an excursion boat known as the steamer America owned and operated by that company. It has appealed.

Appellee alleged in her petition that in attempting to descend from the upper deck she was crowded and pushed by other passengers, thereby causing her to fall, and that her injuries were due to the negligence of…