Schide v. Gottschick

The plaintiff alleges that on June 9, 1925, while a guest at the Booth Hotel in Independence, Kansas, owned and operated by defendants, she was injured as she was attempting to enter the hotel elevator, and that her injuries were caused by the negligent and careless acts of the operator thereof. She asks damages in the sum of $30,000. Upon a trial in the Circuit Court of Barton County, the verdict of the jury was for defendants, and from the judgment entered thereon the plaintiff appealed.

The petition alleges that at the time of the alleged injuries defendants' elevator was in charge of, and…