Langley v. F. W. Woolworth Co.

Action for negligence. Heard on exceptions to' refusal of the trial court to direct a verdict for the defendant, to grant a new trial after a $7,600 verdict for plaintiff and because of alleged error in admitting certain evidence over defendant’s objection.

Defendant conducts a large five and ten cent store on Westminster, Dorr anee and Fulton streets in Providence. There are eight entrances. The floor is of wood, the store well lighted, and the aisles are eight to ten feet wide. Several thousand people pass in and out of the store daily and the peak of the day’s business is reached at about…