Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Hatter
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Warrick Circuit Court; W. M. Wheeler, Special Judge. Action by Edgar Hatter against the Cumberland Telegraph and Telephone Company. From a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff for $900, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtComstock, J.
Appellee brought this action against the appellant to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the appellee in a building in the town of Dale, Spencer county, Indiana, a part of the second floor of which was occupied by the appellant as its exchange.
The negligent acts alleged in the complaint are that the appellant negligently maintained a certain stairway in its place of business, where the public, including the appellee, were invited; that said stairway “was almost perpendicular, had no hand- or guard-rail whatever, and that the defendant failed and neglected…
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