Court Opinion

ID: 9810775
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 21:58:46.837168+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:40:12.564807
License: Public Domain

Bbogden, J.,
dissenting: There is no law requiring a merchant to keep chairs and stools used by his clerks and customers, at any particular point or place in the store. Necessarily, in the due course of business, these articles of furniture are designed to be moved from place to place to suit the convenience of both clerks and customers. Hence, the fact that the stool was not at its accustomed place would constitute no evidence of negligence. A shoe store without chairs or stools for the convenience and comfort of customers and the necessary use thereof for fitting purposes, would be somewhat of a novelty. The plaintiff, however, seeks to avoid the consequence of her own negligence by alleging that the store was poorly lighted. She admits, however, that there was light enough for her to see shoes, the stairway, and the clerk. Obviously, if there was enough light for her to see and select a shoe, there was enough light for her to see as large an object as a stool, and I think the case should have been nonsuited.
Stacy, C. J., concurs in dissent.