Johnson v. Wilcox

Citations

• 135 Pa. 217
• 19 A. 939
• 1890 Pa. LEXIS 1175

Syllabus

<p>Where the plaintiff, while on his way to a dance-room in the third story of a building, having a safe entrance by a well-lighted hall and stairway, stepped aside through a door on the second floor out in the dark, upon a platform which he thought was protected by a railing, but fell and was injured, he was guilty of such contributory negligence that in an action against the owner of the building it was proper to direct a verdict for the defendant.</p>