Gibbons v. Harris Amusement Co.

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

Mrs. Minnie Gibbons sustained a fall shortly after she came out of the ladies retiring room of the defendant’s theater, and, together with her husband, brought this action in trespass to recover the damages sustained. The allegations in the plaintiff’s statement were that she had tripped and fallen over a tom and wrinkled carpet lying on the floor. The specific averments of negligence relied on were that the carpet was not securely fastened to the floor; that it was allowed to be and remain in a torn condition; that it was allowed to lie loosely on the floor where it…