Sneed v. Moorehead

Citations

• 70 Miss. 690

Syllabus

<p>Neckligence. Inn-keeper. Injury to guest. Contributory negligence.</p> <p>The declaration alleged that plaintiff, a guest at a watering-place, occupied a room in a cottage separate from the main hotel, the room being at the end of a gallery five feet high, unprotected by a railing; that on going to supper, it being dark, she left the door open and a light burning, to guide her on returning; that a servant of the hotel closed the door, and, by reason of this, and of the failure by defendants, the proprietors, to provide a railing and lights, plaintiff fell from the gallery and was injured. Held, a demurrer to the declaration was properly sustained, since the defendants' were under no obligation to provide a railing, and plaintiff was negligent in going on despite the absence of the light.</p>