Cheetham v. Crescent Gardens Operating Co.

The plaintiff and a female companion went to the defendant’s theatre one evening about a quarter to eight to see moving pictures. There had been an afternoon performance. The plaintiff’s companion preceded her down the aisle, the theatre being lighted, and walked .into a row where there were vacant seats. When her companion reached the third or fourth seat in from the aisle, she slipped. When the plaintiff reached the spot where her companion is alleged to have slipped, she also slipped and fell. When she looked at the floor where she had slipped, she noticed that it was “sort of greasy like”…