Biggs v. Hutzler Brothers Co.

This is an action for damages resulting from a collision between a customer and a salesgirl in the defendant’s department store; issue was joined on the general issue plea filed by the defendant. The facts of this case are as follows:

On January 27, 1941, about 2 o’clock P. M., the plaintiff (appellant) was walking east on a twelve-foot aisle in the defendant’s (appellee) large department store in Baltimore City. In the center of the aisle were tables upon which goods were displayed. The plaintiff passed the left side of a table and returned to about the center of the aisle. At this point this…