Kerns v. FW Woolworth Company

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff in the district court of the first judicial district. The action arose out of a fall by the plaintiff in the store of the defendants, which resulted in personal injuries to the plaintiff. Pursuant to stipulation of counsel the case was tried by the district court without a jury, and the court found generally for the plaintiff.

The defendant, P. W. Woolworth Co., was the operator of a retail mercantile establishment in Helena, Montana, and the defendant Briggs was the assistant manager thereof at the time of the accident. The…