Davis v. Moses

1 Reported in 215 N.W. 225. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendants notwithstanding a general verdict for plaintiff.

The action was for damages caused by the wrongful death of plaintiff's intestate while occupying rooms in a building known as 822 Nicollet avenue, in Minneapolis, owned by defendants and at the time under lease to Camfield-Gregory Company, a corporation, which operated the same as Lincoln Hotel. A fire occurred in the building, causing the death of plaintiff's intestate, Mrs. Addie Lehman, she being suffocated by smoke while attempting to descend an inside stairway. The…