Rawls v. Hochschild, Kohn & Co.

Mrs. Nannie Rawls, of Baltimore, entered this suit in the Superior Court of Baltimore City against Hochschild, Kohn & Company, Inc., owner of the department store at the northwest corner of Howard and Lexington Streets in Baltimore, to recover for personal injuries sustained in a fall on a stairway in defendant’s store.

The accident happened on March 24, 1952. Plaintiff testified that she tried to enter the north door on Howard Street on that day about ten minutes before 1 o’clock, but found it locked. The store was closed on that day until 1 o’clock on account of the funeral of one of…