Luckhurst v. Gimbel Bros.

Citations

• 38 Pa. Super. 281
• 1909 Pa. Super. LEXIS 126

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Restaurant—Defective chair — Evidence—Province of court and jury.</p> <p>' In an action against the proprietor of a public restaurant to recover damages for personal injuries caused by the breaking of a leg of a chair, the case is for the jury where the evidence shows that the chair in question was one of 600 chairs used in the restaurant, that these chairs were daily inspected by two or three men in two hours, that screws in some of the chairs became loose from time to time, and that the chair in question when brought into court showed that several of its screws were missing, and that these screws were used to hold the legs in place, and were necessary to the stability of the chair.</p>