Supreme Court of North Carolina November 27, 1963, 382 (Shaw v. JF WARD COMPANY)

Higgins, J.

The plaintiff, an invitee, was injured in a fall as she descended the wooden steps between the first and the second floors of

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defendant's department store. She alleged: “That said second step was loose and would give under pressure and the cupped, loose, worn, depressed and uneven area, was very islick from constant wear.