Peterson v. Empire Clothing Co.

These actions of tort were tried together before a judge of the Superior Court. The plaintiff Corinne Peterson, who will hereinafter be called the plaintiff, seeks to recover for personal injuries received by her when she slipped on a floor in the defendant’s store and fell down five or six steps. Her husband, the plaintiff Nester Peterson, seeks to recover consequential damages resulting from her injuries.

The plaintiff testified that on November 10, 1933, she went into the defendant’s store to purchase a dress, and walked up to the second floor; that there was a large rug in the center of…