Cooper v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, C. J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment overruling defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s petition in an action for damages.

The pleaded facts were substantially these: Sometime prior to March 25, 1943, plaintiff entered the employment of some person who had a suite of rented office rooms in Wichita. Beside the desk where plaintiff was to work there was a slack telephone cord that dropped to the floor. Plaintiff at once objected to the location of the telephone cord for the reason that anyone working thereabout was in danger of tripping over it.

She…