Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Lamberson

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

At all pertinent times, appellant, an Illinois corporation, operated a retail store in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The store faced west. In front of it a sidewalk ran north and south. The store had four front doors — - doors by which it could be entered from the sidewalk. On November 26, 1941, Lydia Lamberson, wife of Chester A. Lamberson,1 entered the store by one of its front doors, remained about 30 minutes and left by the same door. That door was seven feet from the sidewalk. A ramp2 *98extended from the door to the sidewalk. The ramp was made of rough tile. It was almost, but…