HALL v. LAWTON

No. 31185.

36 Wn.2d 317 (1950)

217 P.2d 796

ELLIOTT HALL et al., Appellants, v. SHERMAN D. LAWTON et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

May 4, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl W. Husted and James Tynan, for appellants.

Dailey & Conroy, for respondents.


MALLERY, J.

The plaintiff appeals from a judgment for the defendants in a personal injury action.

Respondents Lawton and Anderson, a partnership, operated a tavern leased from respondent Hayden. November 7, 1947, appellant, a business invitee, returning from the men's room, stumbled on a defective step into the tavern, and fell on his left elbow. The fall did not injure him. While he was on the floor, someone roughly grabbed him, angrily saying: "What...

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