Hutchinson v. Zeiger Et Ux.

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

Much of the confusion incident to this case was due to the inaccuracy of the averments in the plaintiff’s statement. It declared that the defendants who were storekeepers in the City of Philadelphia negligently permitted a large hole or cavity to remain in the floor of their store, and that plaintiff, while in said store for the purpose of transacting business with said defendants, tripped over and fell into said hole, causing her injury, etc. The proof was that plaintiff went into defendants’ store to purchase a pair of shoes and that when about to leave she stepped on a…