Branch v. Klatt

Plaintiff instituted this action to recover damages for personal injuries imputed to defendant’s negligence in failing to provide and maintain a safe and suitable stairway leading to his theater.

*33Defendant was proprietor of a place of public entertainment known as the Bijou Theater, located on the second floor of a building numbered 24, on Monroe avenue, in the city of Detroit. The ticket office of said theater was situated on the first floor of the building at the street entrance, where patrons attending the performances purchased tickets of admission. Having procured these, they were allowed…