Sams v. . Hotel Raleigh

The plaintiff had a room in the defendant hotel and alleged that on 30 January, 1933, at about the hour of 9:30 p.m. she came out of her room on the third floor of said hotel with the intention of descending the stairs between the third and second floors for the purpose of going to the room of the assistant manager of said hotel, who was ill, to inquire as to his condition and to secure the teaspoons from his tray which would be needed for his early breakfast, said meal to be furnished from the coffee shop operated by this plaintiff. The plaintiff had descended within about seven steps of the…