Finnegan v. the Goerke Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Walker, Chancellor.

This cause was tried in the Supreme Court, Essex Circuit, before a jury. The plaintiff-appellant sued for damages caused to her by a fall on a rattan box in an aisle in the department store of defendant company resting on the floor and flush against the end of the counter which she was passing; she injured her knee and had a verdict for the damages resulting therefrom. The trial judge nonsuited the plaintiff and she has sued out a writ of error to this court.

The facts were shortly these: Mrs. Finnegan was a prospective customer in…