BRANT v. VAN ZANDT


77 So.2d 858 (1954)

J.R. BRANT, Appellant, v. Ora Bell VAN ZANDT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

On Rehearing January 25, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Ritter, Winter Haven, for appellant.

R.B. Huffaker, Bartow, for appellee.


DREW, Justice.

In this opinion the parties will be referred to by their status in the trial court where the appellant was defendant and the appellee was plaintiff.

The complaint alleged in substance that, while plaintiff was a paying guest in defendant's hotel, the defendant negligently left a hallway, which contained a set of descending stairs, unlighted and dark and, as a result of such negligence, plaintiff suddenly tripped and fell down said stairs and...

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