Strahl v. Miller

Appellee, Emil J. Strahl, January 22, 1911, became a guest at the Millard Hotel in Omaha; the hotel being owned fey appellant, Borne Miller. The building was five stories high, and had more than fifty rooms, and was not of fire proof construction. Appellee was assigned to room 404, which was on the fourth floor of said hotel, and retired about 10:30 p. M. During the night a fire occurred in the hotel, and appellee undertook to escape by means of a rope fire, escape, and in doing so suffered bodily in*821juries. He brought this suit in the district court for Douglas county against the proprietor…