McKay v. Morgan Memorial Cooperative Industries & Stores, Inc.

This is an action of tort to recover damages for personal injuries to the plaintiff alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, a corporation, its agents, servants and employees, by reason of which the plaintiff fell through a trap door on the defendant’s premises. The defendant answered by a general denial and by alleging that the plaintiff was not in the exercise of due care, that the defendant was a charitable corporation and "that the business conducted by it was solely for the purpose of carrying out the charitable objects set forth in its charter of incorporation and…