Thogmartin v. Koppel

The opinion of the court was delivered, by

Thiele, J.:

This was an action by plaintiff to recover damages for injuries sustained in falling on the floor of defendants’ store, and from a verdict in plaintiff’s favor defendant appeals.

The petition on which the cause was tried, after stating formal matters, charged that on December 5, 1935, defendant, operating a ladies’ furnishing store, permitted his janitor—

“to mop the floor in said store, using a mop and water, and in so doing caused the floor of said store to be made very slippery and particularly had said floor wet and slippery in front of…