Reiher v. Mandernack

The verdict below declared that respondent’s fall was due to his stepping in water which in some negligent way came upon the portion of the bowling floor over which respondent had to pass in taking his part in the bowling game. The length of time the water was on the runway does not appear. The trial court denied the defendant’s request for a question in the special verdict as to the length of time prior to the accident that the water was present on the runway, on the ground that there was no evidence from which the jury could make a finding as to the length of time the water was on the…