Bohn Bros. v. Turner

BLAIR, Justice.

Appellees, the seven children and only heirs of Mrs. Mary Anne Gray, deceased, sued appellants, Bohn Brothers, a partnership, and its members, for damages for her death, which occurred when she fell down the basement stairs in appellants’ store. The accident happened when she' was seeking a rest room in the rear of the store where appellants’ employees had directed her to go. About fifteen minutes later she was found unconscious lying at the foot of the basement stairs, and she died three hours later without having regained consciousness. It was alleged and the jury found that…