Jager v. First National Bank

The defendant owned a building on Main Street in Windsor Locks containing a store known as the Ben-Franklin Store on the ground floor. In August, 1935, the defendant constructed a new front for this store with two entrances from the sidewalk, herein referred to as the north and the south entrance. These as constructed by a contractor for the defendant were identical except that the north one had a ramp with a grade of about 15 per cent, merging with the sidewalk, while the ramp of the south one with a 12 per cent, grade terminated in the tread of a concrete step about six inches above the…