Williams v. MacDonald

Citations

• 256 Pa. 155
• 100 A. 652
• 1917 Pa. LEXIS 580

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master -and servant — Safe place to worlc — Trap door —Fall—Case for jury.</p> <p>In. an action against a storekeeper by an employee to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in consequence of a fall resulting from a trap door, over which plaintiff was working, being opened by a coemployee from the cellar below, the case is for the jury and a verdict'for the plaintiff will be sustained where it appeared that plaintiff did not know of the existence of the door and had been given no warning of its presence.</p>