Custer v. St. Clair Country Club

In the case before us, Roberta Custer, appellee (hereinafter called plaintiff) brought action as against St. Clair Country Club, appellant (hereinafter called defendant), to recover damages for personal injuries which she sustained as the result of a fall which occurred on defendant’s ballroom floor while plaintiff was dancing there with her husband at a New Tear’s Eve party on December 31,1950. A verdict of the jury was returned in favor of the plaintiff and as against defendant in the sum of $6,500.

In the pleadings in the case it was alleged in substance that defendant negligently applied…