Cathcart v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.

Opinión by

Rhodes, J.,

The defendant, in this action by the plaintiff to recover for personal injuries, appeals from the entry of judgment on a verdict-in favor of the plaintiff. The appellant contends: (1) That the plaintiff was c'ontributorily negligent as a matter of law; (2) that there was no evidence of negligence upon the part of the defendant.

On May 11, 1931, the plaintiff, a woman sixty-two years of age, in company with her son, her daughter-in-law, another young man, and her grandson went shopping in the defendant’s store, located on Roosevelt Boulevard, Philadelphia. They drove to the…