Standard Theaters Corp. v. Hughes

This is an appeal by plaintiff in error, defendant below, from a verdict and judgment rendered against it in an action brought by the defendant in error, plaintiff below, to recover damages for personal injuries. Hereafter we shall refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court.

Plaintiff filed her action alleging she attended the defendant theater and was seated at the rear of the auditorium in a row of seats mounted upon a ledge some four inches above the floor of the adjoining aisle, the nearest aisle light being three rows away. The amended petition, upon which the case was…