Johnston v. Huckins

On April 17, 1922, Z. H. Johnston and wife, Alma Johnston, filed suit in the district court against L. W. Huckins and others, composing the firm of the Westbrook Hotel, for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by Mrs. Johnston, by falling down the steps while serving as a waitress in the Westbrook Café, on October 21, 1919. It was alleged that the injury complained of was proximately caused by the negligence of defendants. The trial court sustained defendants’ plea of the 2 years’ statute of limitation. To this defense plaintiffs pleaded that Mrs. Johnston was a married woman at…