Cole v. Jones

Defendants were the proprietors of a saloon and lunch counter in St. Joseph, and plaintiff, who was their employee, was injured by falling through an open door in the floor to the cellar below. He brought this action for damages and recovered in the trial court.

It appears that there was a bar on the north side of the room and a lunch counter on the south side and that the counter was between five and six feet from the south wall where were a stove, a water cooler* some cooking utensils, shelves, and a sink, stretched as narrowly as may be along the wall. Between these and the counter was the…