Yuhasz v. Autenreith's Dollar Stores

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

This is an action in trespass by a husband and wife to recover damages for injuries sustained by the wife as a result of a fall on defendant’s sidewalk. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs, the court below entered judgment n. o. v. for the defendant and plaintiffs took this appeal.

The accident happened about noon on August 21, 1946, a bright, clear day. The wife, hereafter referred to as the plaintiff, was walking along the main street in Homestead on the sidewalk in front of the defendant’s store. She observed a short distance ahead of her a stepladder placed…