Manell v. Checker Taxi Co.

This is an action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained through the negligence of the defendant. There was evidence tending to show that the plaintiff, who hired garage space of the defendant, drove into the garage of the defend*152ant and placed her automobile as directed by its servant. In alighting from her automobile she put her left foot upon a portion of the floor of the garage that seemed to be firm, but when she put her weight on it “she broke through something and her foot slipped” and she was injured. She described the place where she fell…