DE SOTO AUTO HOTEL v. McDONOUGH

No. 12198.

219 F.2d 253 (1955)

DE SOTO AUTO HOTEL, Inc., Appellant, v. Clarence McDONOUGH, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

February 18, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Martin Regan, Memphis, Tenn., Edward P. Russell, Canada, Russell, Turner & Alexander, Memphis, Tenn., on brief, for appellant.

Thomas R. Prewitt, Memphis, Tenn., Emmett W. Braden, Armstrong, McCadden, Allen Braden & Goodman, Memphis, Tenn., Wickes, Riddell, Bloomer, Jacobi & McGuire, New York City, on brief, for appellee.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and MILLER and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Following trial by jury with verdict in his favor, the appellee recovered a judgment against appellant for $11,250.00 as damages for a broken leg resulting from a fall in appellant's storage garage in Memphis, Tennessee, alleged to have been caused by slipping on a spot of grease or oil on the floor of the garage.

Appellee was not a customer of the garage, but came to the garage from a nearby hotel with a business friend, who had stored his automobile...

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