Higgins v. Goerkekrich Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Minturn, J.

While visiting the defendant’s department store in Elizabeth, for the purpose of purchasing an ice box, the plaintiff, was shown by one of the salesladies to where a number of ice boxes were standing open for inspection.

The plaintiff, while examining one of the boxes, placed her *465hand on its upper edge for the purpose of enabling her to inspect its lower compartment, and while bending down Cor that purpose the.lid of the box dropped upon her hand, injuring her fingers, the damage to which is sought to he compensated by a recovery in this…