Markle v. Robert Hall Clothes

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

Appellant instituted a trespass action against appellee, the owner of a so-called “low overhead” clothing store in Wilkes-Barre, to recover damages for personal injuries.

Clothing sold by the appellee was displayed on racks; the racks were made of pipe and were not attached to the floor. In the part of appellee’s store where the plaintiff was injured, there were several parallel rows of such racks, adjacent rows being separated by aisles approximately 34 inches wide. When plaintiff, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Butler, was walking along one of the aisles…