Hardman v. Stanley Co. of America

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

This is an action of trespass to recover for injuries sustained by the plaintiff, a woman sixty years of age, who fell down the steps in an aisle of the balcony of defendant’s theatre.

The plaintiff claims that the injuries were caused by defendant’s negligence in having neither the aisle lighted nor an attendant present to warn her of the steps when she entered the balcony. She stated that on the afternoon of September 17, 1934, she visited defendant’s theatre for the first time, bought a ticket, and was directed by the usher downstairs to go upstairs as all the seats…