Plahn v. Masonic Hall Building Association

Hilton, Justice.

Plaintiff sued to recover damages for personal injuries suffered from a fall in defendant’s building. The trial court directed a verdict for defendant and denied plaintiff’s motion to set it aside and grant a new trial. Plaintiff appeals from this order.

The decisive facts are as follows: Defendant, the Masonic Hall Building Association, owned a building in Faribault. It was vacant and the light and water were shut off. The building manager, Mr. Drehmel, granted permission to the Women’s Circle of the First English Lutheran Church to use a part of the building formerly occupied…