Yeager v. Chapman

Matson, Justice.

Defendants appeal from an order denying their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial.

Plaintiff’s action is for the recovery of damages for personal injuries sustained when she fell just inside the street entrance door of a cafe which defendants operated as a part of the Augusta Hotel in Fairmont. Defendants’ hotel is located at the right-angle intersection of Blue Earth avenue and Park street. The cafe occupies the corner space, so that it fronts to the east on Park street and to the south on Blue Earth avenue. On Park street immediately to the north…