Stewart v. Weiner

Plaintiff sued to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been sustained while he was a guest at defendants hotel at Omaha. The hotel took fire at about 10:30 in the forenoon, and plaintiff contends that,' while attempting to escape from the building through a window, he fell 40 or 50 feet to the pavement. The case was tried twice to a jury in Douglas county. At the first trial, when plaintiff rested, defendant moved for a directed verdict. The motion was overruled. Defendant introduced no evidence. Thereupon the case went to the jury on plaintiff’s evidence alone and he…