Cochran v. Pinto

This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff for damages resulting from plaintiff’s falling through a hole in the floor of a place of business run by the defendant Pinto.

Defendant Pinto operated a shoe-shining and hat-cleaning business in a leased building on Harper avenue in Detroit, in the back of which were his shoe-shining chairs. He decided to open up and finish the basement of the building and use it for his shoe-shining business. In order to use the basement for that purpose it was necessary to cut a hole through the wood floor and install stairsteps to go into the basement. To cut…