Powell v. Stivers

Plaintiff appeals from the judgment of dismissal entered after respondents’ motion for a nonsuit had been granted in an action to recover damages for personal injuries.

Respondents are owners of a building in the city of Long Beach known as the Masonic Temple. Appellant is a member of an unincorporated social, group known as Palos Verdes Court No. 69 of the Order of Amaranth. For over 10 years this group has leased and occupied a large, furnished, third floor room in the temple for the purpose of holding fortnightly meetings. At the south end of the room is a raised platform on one corner of…