Relahan v. F. W. Woolworth Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Allen, J.:

This was an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff in falling on a stairway in defendant’s store. Judgment was for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals.

Plaintiff alleges in her petition that, intending to make some purchases, she entered defendant’s store at 1109 Main street in Kansas City, Mo., and proceeded down an iron stairway from the first floor to the basement; that on the steps of the iron stairway there were numerous fragments of paper and other debris, among which were wrappers of large Hershey candy bars…