Pangolas v. Calvet

Loring, Justice.

This case comes here on appeal by plaintiff from an order denying his motion for vacation of a verdict directed in defendants’ favor and for a new trial.

January 1, 1939, shortly after midnight at the Majestic Hotel, AAhile attempting to descend a stairway connecting the ground floor with the basement, plaintiff slipped on the fourth step from the top and rolled down the stairs to the basement. He sued to recover damages for personal injuries from defendants Calvet, operators and OAvners of the Majestic Hotel and barroom, the room from which the steps lead to the basement,…