Schroeffel v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

Opinion by

Baldeige, J.,

On August 31, 1935, Anna Schroeffel, the wife plaintiff, with her arms full of packages, was leaving defendant’s store in the city of Pittsburgh. Immediately outside of the door leading to the street was a wooden platform, 23 inches Wide and 29 inches long. Its surface was 7-1/4 inches below the floor of the store and 9-1/2 inches above the sidewalk. When Mrs. Schroeffel stepped on the platform, her shoe caught on a nail sticking up half an inch at a point about 2 inches from the right front corner, and she fell to the pavement.

This suit charging defendants with…