John v. B.B. McGinnis Co., Inc.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of plaintiffs allowing damages for personal injuries sustained by Mrs. John who fell into an opening in the floor of defendant’s store when a trapdoor gave way.

The facts surrounding the accident are clear and uncontradicted. The plaintiff, Lenna John, entered defendant’s store in Merced on the morning of February 9, 1938, to purchase a pair of house slippers. The manager led her back into the rear room where the shoes were kept for sale. She stood at the end of a table upon which he was displaying the slippers. Behind her there was an…