Lewis

Plaintiff was injured when she slipped and fell in a steam room in the Berkeley Steam Baths, an institution owned and operated by defendant Reinberg. Upon the trial defendant’s motion for nonsuit was granted at the close of plaintiff’s case and from the judgment of nonsuit plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff and her friend, Mrs. Steinberg, were occasional patrons of said baths. The steam rooms, which adjoined dressing rooms and shower rooms, were about 6 or 8 feet square. At the back of room 6 there was a wooden platform about 3 or 4 feet high with a railing on the front thereof and with steps leading up thereto. There was a corrugated rubber mat fastened upon each of said steps. A bench was located upon the platform against the back wall and it was upon this bench that the patrons sat for the purpose of enjoying the steam and also for the purpose of lathering themselves with soap, using water furnished in buckets placed upon the platform. The platform sloped slightly toward the front of the room in order that water would drain, off the platform and would ultimately flow into the drain in .the floor. Both plaintiff and Mrs. Steinberg occupied room 6 on the day in question. They brought…