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STROUT v. AMERICAN STORES CO.

385 Pa. 230 (1956)

Strout v. American Stores Co., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 21, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George D. Sheehan, with him John Paul Erwin, for appellant.

Bernard I. Shovlin, for appellees.

Before STERN, C.J., JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY and MUSMANNO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, May 21, 1956:

What degree of care does a store owner owe the patrons of his establishment? This question was definitively answered with ample authority in the case of Vetter v. Great A. & P. Co., 322 Pa. 449, 454, where we said: "Mr. Justice SIMPSON, in Nettis v. Gen. Tire Co., 317 Pa. 204, 209, said: `All the authorities agree that it is incumbent upon the owner of premises upon which persons come by invitation, express...

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