Vollum v. School Lane Apartments, Inc.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

The defendant corporation, School Lane Apartments, owns and operates in Philadelphia an apartment house with an attractive entrance-vestibule constructed entirely of glass and framed in stainless steel. This vestibule, which resembles a large showcase, is rectangular in shape, measures about 7 by 5 feet and has two doors, one opening into the lobby of the building and the other conducting to the outside. On December 17,1951, at about 8:30 in the morning, defendant’s employes, because of a defect in the mechanism of the door check on the outer door, unhinged this…