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E — SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1Suit Againsti Hotel LostEy Former Lodger!ikidAsked $10,000 Damages For Fall On Stairsbating that rhere m evidence to of contributory negligence or the pa i of tbr* plaintiff. Judge Christopher C. Stein of Recorders Court. dHiahssd the flO.COJ damage suit against Dr. Daisy U Nortbcross. c- proprietor of the Nortbcross hotel, :;*3*03 St. Antoine street Mondayl.vle\yp-)u t afternoon.remofThe suit had been broughta*: i.r.st the physician by Mrt. Km-n: Jones who charged that she1* j . been severely Injured wheu she■AI i- . u w:i the staix^ at th€ hotel ou* D vniber 20, 1937. .Mrs. Jones tcld!court that she had caught her :e j j).. i of her shoe in a loose piece of c. rptt and had fallen 20 feet.stu* said that she euffered a S rained right arm. and was eom-1 to keep the arm in a cast and sling for several weeks. Under direr examination by Attorney Char-IfS Berry. Mrs. Joues e-aid that sir.ee the injury ehe had not been tbl« to do her hc.use work. |H uiet* Jones, former newspaper n*.u:i. said that he was compelled to cl j the heavy work at home since his wife fell down the stairs. He a » said that the lights on the s-tairwjy were bad; and that the i .'pet and brass holdings wore in heed of repair.]r. Northcross, a practicing pby-r -I .an for 23 years, said that she i-1 tad examined Mrs. Jones’ arm af-r i vr the fall and that she had found : • evidence of a fracture. She dc-nted that the stairway waa in bad j|ic lit ion.,T Miss Bessie Harper, manager oft. th hotel, said that she had been in s i t lobby of the hotel at the time.. ; M •» Harper said the had not seen i« r, nor had she heard a fall.The Jcnos moved to the North-ter hotel in October, 1937 and left . :■ January, 192$. They now- live at 1 411 Hast Columbia street.l-'e»«py'er,n fit
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Detroit Tribune
Detroit, Michigan, US
Sat, Dec 17, 1938
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