(DOWNLOAD) "Pope v. Willow Garages" by Supreme Court of Minnesota ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Pope v. Willow Garages
- Author : Supreme Court of Minnesota
- Release Date : January 12, 1931
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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WAIT, J. The defendant maintains a public garage on Willow Street in Somerville. Its premises consist of a large room for entry and storage of cars, and to the south, an office in which automobile accessories are displayed and sold. Beyond the office is a stairway leading to the cellar. Three doors furnish entrance from Willow Street. A large double door, its sill level with the sidewalk, opens into the garage; a single door, its sill higher than the sidewalk and reached by two steps, opens into the office; a third door, exactly similar, opens into the cellar stairway. There is a large show window in the wall between the office and the cellar doors, and there is glass in the upper panels of the office and cellar doors. There were no signs on wall, or doors or windows. The cellar stairs lead directly down from the sill of the door with no platform at the level of the sill. The plaintiff, who wished to await the coming of one who was to meet her at the garage, and who had never been there before, approached the premises from the south, went up the cellar doorway steps, opened the door, was thrown into the cellar as a strong wind pushed the door inward, and was injured. The wind had filled her eyes with moisture so that she had difficulty in seeing. She was in a hurry to get in out of the cold. She did not look through the glass panel to see what was beyond the door. She assumed that this door, like the similar one beyond it, led into the office. Ordinarily this door was kept locked by the defendant; but, for some reason, it was unlocked on the morning of the accident.