Hodge

The defendant is a corporation which conducts a large department store in the city of Sacramento.

Near the center of the store is a large aisle or passageway, running southerly from the front entrance to the store, to the elevators in the rear or southern end of the store. This aisle is marked or defined on the west, or what we will call the left-hand side, by a series of counters and showcases, running in a practically straight line from the front to back near the rear of the store. On the east or right-hand side of the aisle, beginning at the front of the store, were a number of tables upon which merchandise was placed and displayed. These tables were about twenty-eight inches high and were placed in straight alignment and parallel with the showcases and counters on the left-hand side of the aisle. These tables extended about half-way back or southerly from the front o'f the store. Southerly from the tables and along the right-hand side of the aisle, was placed a platform which was a little over five feet wide and seven feet long. It was six inches high. This platform was movable, and at the time in question had been placed about two feet southerly from the southern end of the…