Hill v. Montgomery

Respondent Hill obtained a judgment against appellants in the sum of $19,500.00 as damages for personal injuries sustained when he fell from a passenger elevator at appellants' hotel. An appeal was duly taken.

The main contention of the defendants on this appeal is that the evidence was insufficient to establish actionable negligence on the part of the defendants. The principal facts were not in dispute. Plaintiff [285] Hill was 86 years of age at the time he sustained the injuries complained of, which occurred on July 24, 1941. He had lived at the Brookside Hotel, in Kansas City, Missouri,…