Dunn v. Kemp & Hebert

Citations

• 36 Wash. 183
• 78 P. 782
• 1904 Wash. LEXIS 540

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Dangerous Premises — Pall Down a Stairway in a Store — Contributory Negligence — Directed Verdict. In an action for personal injuries sustained by a customer in a store in falling down a stairway, a verdict for tbe defendants is properly directed when it appears from tbe plaintiff’s evidence that sbe fell down tbe entrance to an ordinary stairway, wbicb was protected on all sides except tbe entrance, and wbicb was not in tbe main aisle of tbe store, that it was light and witbin twenty feet of windows, and there were lights in tbe basement, and that plaintiff was wearing darkened glasses to protect her eyes from tbe light, and could have seen the stairway if she bad looked down.</p>