Clark v. Beggs

Appellant, whose name was then Clark, while a guest at a hotel in Seattle, owned by respondents, received severe personal injuries, alleged to have been the result of reckless and incompetent handling and management of a passenger elevator, on August 30,1922. On July 27,1923, she brought action in the court below for damages for personal injuries, and recovered a verdict on February 15, 1924, against respondents in the sum of $1,150. On March 14, 1924, judgment n. o. v. was entered against her upon the sole ground that appellant was a married woman at the time of the injuries complained of,…