Albachten v. Golden Rule
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $4,500 for personal injury received in the department store of defendant corporation. The answer alleged that if plaintiff sustained any injury it was caused by her own negligence and failure to observe her surroundings. The' case was tried before Michael, J., who directed a verdict in favor of defendant. From an order denying her motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
Defendant operates a department store in the city of St. Paul, and among other activities conducts and maintains a ladies’ hair dressing department in connection therewith. The waiting or reception room of this department, located upon the second floor of the building, is connected by hallways with small working rooms, and the two hallways here involved intersect at right angles. The hallway leading from the reception room is upon the same floor level, but the intersecting hallway is upon a level three inches higher, and immediately at the intersection there is a step of that height.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bloomer v. SnellenburgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Hunnewell v. HaskellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Johnson v. RambergSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Woolworth v. ConboyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
- Polenske v. Lit Bros.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
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- Long v. JoestleinCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1949
- Ober v. Golden RuleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
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