Schroeder v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

From the findings of fact it appears that on the night of March 28, 1934, defendant’s manager, in the ordinary course of his duties, spread a substance consisting of a floor-cleaning compound, which had been dipped in a liquid, upon the floor of its store; that the floor-cleaning compound was swept up the morning of March 29th. Overnight the floor absorbed some of the liquid from the compound, thus creating a slippery condition of the floor; that the plaintiff entered the store at about 11 :45 a. m. on March 29, 1934, for the purpose of making some purchases and made purchases of the…