BLAKE v. GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO.

No. 669.

75 S.E.2d 921 (1953)

237 N.C. 730

BLAKE v. GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 20, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank McNeill and McLean & Stacy, Lumberton, for plaintiff-appellant.

Varser, McIntyre & Henry, Lumberton, for defendant-appellee.


BARNHILL, Justice.

That the plaintiff was an invitee of the defendant at the time he suffered his injuries is not debatable. Pafford v. J. A. Jones Construction Co., 217 N.C. 730, 9 S.E.2d 408.

So far, however, this Court has not held that water alone, unmixed with oil or grease or other slippery substance, on a floor over which an invitee may be expected to pass, creates a hazard against which the proprietor must guard. Counsel do not call our attention to...

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