Bylling v. Edwards

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of nonsuit entered in a personal injury action resulting from a fall in defendants’ garage.

The following facts, taken from a settled statement, were offered on the issue of liability: Defendants Edwards celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary in their home at an afternoon reception for 150 people; they had no paid help, however, friends of Mrs. Edwards belonging to a social organization volunteered to assist; they came to defendants’ home for the purpose of serving, did so and left. Plaintiff Dora Bylling and her husband, also friends of defendants,…