Bridgford v. Stewart Dry Goods Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clarke

Affirming.

The defendant, now appellee, conducts a department store in Louisville and maintains on the basement floor a check room or counter for use of its patrons.

About three o’clock in the afternoon of July 29, 1919, plaintiff went to this check room, for her grip and in walking back to the stairway fell and received serious if not permanent injuries. Jus-t a few minutes before this the floor of the b-asement had been covered about an inch deep with water as a result of an unusual rain storm. It is conceded by counsel for plaintiff that the flooding of the…