Curtis v. Traders Nat. Bank

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

Mrs. Mary Jameson Curtis, 60 years of age, fell 'on a slippery marble floor of tbe vestibule of the appellee’s bank, of which she was a customer, and suffered a broken hip with consequences of permanent injury and- an expense of about $1,000. The accident happened December 15, 1948, about ten o’clock in the morning. The court instructed the jury to find for the defendant in her suit for damages.

The vestibule was paved with marble. It had been raining all morning. Mrs. Curtis had come in out of the rain and noticing the water on the floor, had “stepped very…