Erbe v. Maes

Defendant conducted a haberdashery store in the city of Green Bay. The entrance to this store was of tile, with a gradual slope from the sidewalk to the entrance door. At the time of the accident, and for some years prior thereto, it was defendant’s custom to place in the entrance immediately outside the door of the store a rubber mat with perforated holes, the mat being approximately six feet in length, two feet nine inches in width, and one-third inch in thickness. On December 28, 1936, plaintiff, while entering the store, caught her foot on the end of the mat and fell, sustaining a severe…