Burdine's, Inc. v. McConnell

This case comes here on writ of error to review a judgment for defendant in error against plaintiff in error in the amount of one thousand ($1,000) dollars.

The plaintiff’s declaration in substance alleges that defendant, the owner of a large department store, operated for the convenience of its customers an escalator. The plaintiff, a child 3years of age, entered the store in company with its mother pursuant to an invitation to the general public. While in the store plaintiff wandered from his mother onto the escalator and was caught in the openings where it converged with the floor,…