Finney v. G. C. Murphy Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

Elizabeth M. Finney brought an action in trespass against G. C. Murphy Company alleging that on June 24, 1954, while in the defendant’s store in Gettysburg, she slipped on an oily floor, fell and sustained serious injuries. At the trial she testified that her foot came into contact with a pool of oil, causing her to skid and fall on her left hip. She stated that when she rose from the floor she observed that the place where she fell was “heavily oiled” and that the spot measured approximately 21 inches in length and 11 inches in width. She said also that her…