Legal Opinion

KRAMER v. MEYER

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 14, 1950No. Appeal, 118PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Hiet, J.,

This is an action in trespass based upon personal injuries to a five-year-old boy. The minor-plaintiff, with the status of a business invitee, was injured on the premises of defendants’ clothing store. At the close of plaintiffs’ case the court entered a compulsory nonsuit, and on motion refused to take it off. The judgment will be affirmed.

Late on a busy Saturday night, plaintiff Martha Kramer took Earl, her son, to defendants’ store to outfit him. She served herself in making a selection of clothing for the boy. A clerk, admittedly in defendants’ employ, was busy with…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Smith Et Ux. v. Amer. Stores Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  2. Sharble v. Kuehnle-Wilson, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  3. Williams v. Overly Manufacturing Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Markle v. Robert Hall ClothesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  2. Angelelli v. Albert J. Mansmann Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  3. Steinhouse v. Herman Miller, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Markle v. Robert Hall ClothesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  5. Peffer v. G. C. Murphy Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1959

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