GARBER v. GREAT A. & P. TEA CO.


397 Pa. 323 (1959)

Garber v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 9, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John David Rhodes, with him Pringle, Bredin & Martin, for appellant.

P.J. McArdle, with him James R. Fitzgerald, for appellees.

Before BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and McBRIDE, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BOK, November 9, 1959:

Plaintiff, with her mother and children, was shopping in defendant's self-service store in Clairton, Allegheny County. She was standing by a display of cans of Wesson oil mounted on a shelf twelve inches from the floor. The cans, stacked three high atop one another, were each ten inches in height, making the stack about thirty inches high.

She was the only person near the display, her children and mother being...

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