Hamilton v. Union Public Market

SHINN, J., pro tem.

Plaintiff, while in a public market to make a purchase, slipped and fell on an oily floor in an aisle, and in this action for damages recovered judgment against the owners of the market and their employee, whose duty it was to keep certain portions of the floors of the building clean.

The market building, owned by defendant Gore Brothers, Inc., was occupied by tenants and subtenants whose small places of business were separated by aisles. One of the subtenants, a Mr. Wertzel, operated a delicatessen store. He accidentally knocked nine bottles containing * (separately)…