Brosnan v. Sweetser

This is an action by the appellee against the appellants for damages resulting from injuries sustained by the appellee in falling through a trap-door in the store-room of appellants.

The questions presented and discussed arise upon the motion for a new trial, which was overruled by the judge trying the cause, and exceptions reserved, and the judgment was affirmed at general term.

The appellants were engaged, at the time of the injury, in conducting a retail dry goods business, in a store-room on Illinois street, in the city of Indianapolis; in the store-room, in the passage-way in front of the…