Hiken ex rel. Hiken v. Wilson's Shoes, Inc.

This is an action against Wilson’s Shoes, Inc. for damages for personal injuries sustained by Harlene Hilcen, a minor. From a judgment for plaintiff for $5,000, rendered by the Circuit Court of St. Louis County upon trial by jury, defendant has appealed.

■The petition, after alleging the customer-store relationship between the parties, charged defendant with negligence in causing and directing plaintiff to go into an area which was dark, dim and not adequately lighted so as to enable plaintiff to see and discern a stairway located therein, as a result of which she fell down a flight of steps.…