BLANTON v. GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO.

No. 6726.

61 F.2d 427 (1932)

BLANTON v. GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 26, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Seals Aiken, of Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

W. Colquitt Carter, of Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before BRYAN, SIBLEY, and WALKER, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

Blanton sued the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company for damages, alleging an injury negligently inflicted on his ankle by the falling on it of one of a number of boxes piled on the edge of the sidewalk in front of the company's store on Broad street, in Atlanta. The jury found against him, and he appeals. He testified that on July 30, 1930, between 6:30 and 7 p. m., in broad daylight, as he approached the store, walking along the crowded...

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