Herold v. P. H. Mathews Paint House

This is an action wherein the plaintiff seeks to recover damages on account of the death of his wife, Bertha C. Herold, through injuries alleged to have been caused by negligence of the defendant. By direction of the court the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff appeals from the judgment rendered on that verdict.

The defendant was in possession of a four-story building upon the fourth floor of which it maintained a factory. The ground floor was used partly as a warehouse and partly as a retail store. In that part used as a warehouse, which was the rear part of the…