Wiggins v. Pay's Art Store

This action is for damages alleged to be sustained by plaintiff in falling down a stairway. She states her allegation of negligence as follows:

“That at a point in the storeroom about 40 feet from the rear thereof, and midway between the north and south sides thereof, was on said date, an open stairway leading to the basement of said building; the entrance to the stairway being from the west. On said date there was no gate or other 'barricade across the entrance to the stairway. Directly in front of the entrance to the stairway was a display counter or table of about 3 feet in height, and…