Garrett v. W. S. Butterfield Theatres, Inc.

Plaintiff, 70 years old, attended defendant’s theatre with Mrs. Nelson. They went through the ladies’ lounge, a dimly lighted room, to the toilet room, in the floor of which was a step down of four and one-half inches. Mrs. Nelson opened the door, plaintiff went through, fell at the step, and was injured. She had judgment for damages.

The door of the toilet room swung into the lounge. The floor level of the lounge continued into the toilet room about nine inches beyond the door casing. This space was covered with a tile slab of pinkish hue. The floor proper consisted of tile blocks about eight…