Comparet v. Wm. H. Metz Co.

On the afternoon of April 13, 1935, plaintiff entered the lobby of a substation of the Des Moines post office on Grand Avenue, and proceeded to the stamp window to purchase stamps. This window was immediately adjacent to a doorway leading from the lobby ,to the rear part of the post office. After purchasing stamps she turned around to go to a money order window. In turning she stumbled against a mail sack standing as high as her waist against the adjacent doorway, and fell onto the floor, as a result of which she claims to have received serious and painful injuries, permanently impairing the…