Bloomer v. Snellenburg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 72, Jan. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Sept. Term, 1906, No. 2,560, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Bridget D. Bloomer v; Nathan Snellenburg et al., trading as N. Snellenburg & Co. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Audenreid, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 72, Jan. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Sept. Term, 1906, No. 2,560, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Bridget D. Bloomer v; Nathan Snellenburg et al., trading as N. Snellenburg & Co. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Audenreid, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $3,000, on which judgment was entered for $2,000, all above that amount having been remitted. Error assigned was in submitting the case to the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Potter,
The plaintiff in this case entered the department store of the defendants for the purpose of making purchases. While walking along one of the principal aisles in the store, she stumbled upon an obstruction or inequality in the passageway, caused by an incline which passed from a floor at a higher level at the left side of the aisle, tó a point even with the passageway, at or near the right side. The sides of the incline facing the direction from which those using the passageway approached were perpendicular, and varied in height from about eight inches at one side…
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