Dixon v. Wootton

Opinion op ti-ie Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

Appellant as plaintiff sought to recover for injuries resulting from a fall on a stairway leading from the street level to the second floor of a building owned by appellee. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence the Court sustained defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. To test the ruling appellant prosecutes appeal.

The lower floor of the building, located in Hazard, was occupied by two mercantile establishments. A stairway led from the street level to the second floor between the two stores. The second floor was occupied by the owner…