SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. v. BURKE

No. 37382.

208 Miss. 306 (1950)

44 So.2d 448

SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. et al. v. BURKE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi, In Banc.

February 13, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace, Greaves & Wallace, for appellants.

T.J. Wills and Bidwell Adam, for appellee.


Hall, J.

Appellee brought suit against appellants, Sears, Roebuck and Co., as owner, and Roy Ober, as manager, for the recovery of damages because of personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by her while a customer in a retail store at Gulfport, Mississippi, when a package fell against her back. The case was submitted to a jury and from a judgment in appellee's favor in the amount of $4,500 this appeal...

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