Brann v. F. W. Woolworth Co.

The plaintiff in error, occupying the position of plaintiff below, instituted her action against the defendant in error for damages for personal injury alleged to have been sustained by reason of falling on ice which had formed on the sidewalk in front of the store of the defendant in error. She alleged that the defendant in error, through its agents and employees, negligently allowed water to run across the sidewalk in freezing weather when an employee washed the outside show windows of the store.

The case was tried by jury and a verdict of $6,000 was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. The…