Ellett v. Lit Bros.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 195, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1913, No. 562, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Sarah P. Ellett v. Lit Brothers, Incorporated. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to plaintiff’s eyes. Before Monaghan, J. At the trial the court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Brown,
The appellant, plaintiff below, was employed as a seamstress by the defendant, and at the time she sustained the injuries of which she complains, had been in *187its employ for about two years. Her cause of action, as set forth in her statement of claim, is that “on or about November 29, 1911, she was working in a department store conducted and operated by the defendant; that it was the duty of the defendant, by a proper inspection of the building, to see that the same was maintained and kept in a reasonably safe and proper condition and reasonably safe for the…
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- Foster v. National Steel Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
- Dobra v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
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