Chapman v. Clothier

Opinion by

Me. Justice Walling,

The defendants, Strawbridge & Clothier, have a large department store on Market Street, Philadelphia, wherein the plaintiff, Mrs. Chapman, a customer, was hurt by a fall on March 9, 1921. This suit was for the injuries thereby sustained, on the allegation that they resulted from defendants’ negligence, as hereinafter stated. The jury found for the plaintiffs, and, from' judgments entered thereon, defendants brought these appeals.

The request of defendants for binding instructions should have been granted. A storekeeper, while required to use ordinary care to keep…