Copelan Et Ux. v. Stanley Co. of Amer.

Hirt, J.,

Opinion by

On January 31, 1938 the wife-plaintiff, as a patron, attended a motion picture theater operated by the defendant on Market Street in Philadelphia. At the edge of the sidewalk along the entrance to the theater there was a step 6 inches high to the level of the lobby floor. The lobby was paved with tile; the step at the pavement’s edge was 18 inches wide and was constructed of terrazzo, a synthetic material of marble chips and cement ground to a smooth surface. Plaintiff, in coming out of the theater about 7:30 p.m., as she neared the pavement edge of the lobby, slipped on…