Kelly v. Loft, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.

The plaintiff-appellant Anna Kelly went into the defendant-respondent’s store in Asbury Park in the evening of March 22d, 1937, to purchase candy. While in the act of leaving the store she slipped, fell to the floor and was hurt. The main floor of this store is six inches above the entrance doorway. Instead of a step there is an incline of the floor from the entrance to the level of the main floor. This incline is eight feet in length, making an elevation of three-quarters of an inch to each foot. The floor is covered with linoleum.

She, with…