Hirsch v. Hade

In this action tried by the court without a jury, the question to be considered is whether the plaintiff, a social guest within the defendant’s premises has an actionable cause.

Briefly stated, the facts are these:

The plaintiff was a social guest in defendant’s one-family dwelling. While exiting from the dwelling in the company of the defendant’s son, the plaintiff sustained an injury when his “ toe *783got stuck in the curl ” of a corner of a throw rug located at the front entranceway within the said premises. The throw rug measured approximately four feet by four feet, with one of its corners ‘1…