Bergstresser v. Minnesota Amusement Co.

Plaintiff brought this action against the defendant who owns and operates a moving picture theater in the City of Sioux Falls to recover damages for personal injuries she alleges to have sustained, while leaving the defendant’s theater, from a fall as she stepped down into the aisle from the back row where she had sat during a theatrical performance. She moved some seven or eight seats toward the center aisle without hindrance as there was no one occupying the seats. In stepping down into the center aisle she slipped, fell down, landing on her left side. She charges that the defendant was…