Knopp v. Kemp & Hebert

The respondent, Kemp & Hebert, a corporation, has for many years operated a department store in Spokane, known as the Palace, occupying and controlling the entire building situated at the northeast corner of Post street and Main avenue. The entrance door of the store on the Main avenue side is set back from the sidewalk about fifteen feet, and the strip of floor between the front wall of the store and the sidewalk is used as an arcade for the display of goods in glass enclosed areas, so arranged as to leave three open passages for entrance to the arcade area and the entrance door. The floor…