Valentine Co. v. Sloan
Decision Date | 14 March 1913 |
Docket Number | No. 7,848.,7,848. |
Parties | VALENTINE CO. v. SLOAN. |
Court | Indiana Appellate Court |
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Appeal from Superior Court, Marion County; Charles Remster, Judge.
Action by Mary F. Sloan against the Valentine Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed.
W. H. H. Miller, C. C. Shirley, Samuel D. Miller, and W. H. Thompson, all of Indianapolis, for appellant. John H. Kingsbury, of Indianapolis, for appellee.
Appellee brought this action and recovered $1,500 damages for personal injuries occasioned by appellant's negligence in maintaining steps in a dangerous condition in the gallery of English's Opera House at Indianapolis.
It is assigned as error and argued (1) that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action; (2) that the court erred in overruling appellant's motion for new trial, upon the grounds that the court erred in giving certain instructions to the jury and in admitting certain evidence.
The charging portion of the complaint is in the following words: That by reason of said injury plaintiff has contracted certain described injuries, for which she asks damages.
[1] It appears from the averments of the complaint that appellant was negligent in maintaining steps in the aisle of its opera house in an irregular and uneven...
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