Cox v. Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, Inc.

Action of tort in which there was a finding for the plaintiff. The case turns upon her status in the store of the defendant at the time of the injury. She had entered the store as a customer and had purchased merchandise. It is admitted that up to that time she was an invitee. The plaintiff, however, in leaving the store, chose a roundabout route in order that she might pass through the department' in which there was employed a sister whom she wished to see on personal business. She had seen her sister and was on her way out of the store when she fell because of a defective condition of the…