F.W. WOOLWORTH COMPANY v. PEET

No. 17532.

284 P.2d 659 (1955)

F. W. WOOLWORTH COMPANY, a New York Corporation, Plaintiff in Error, v. Edna H. PEET, Defendant In Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 6, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wood & Ris, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

Ivor O. Wingren, Henry Lutz, Charles A. Murdock, Denver, for defendant in error.

Before ALTER, C. J., and HOLLAND, CLARK, LINDSLEY, BRADFIELD and KNAUSS, JJ.


HOLLAND, Justice.

This malodorous case should have ended at the close of plaintiff's evidence, because plaintiff wholly failed to meet the burden of proof to sustain the allegations of her complaint.

Defendant in Error, as plaintiff, filed her complaint on April 20, 1953 seeking damages for personal injuries sustained by her on March 17, 1953 at the F. W. Woolworth Company store in Denver, Colorado. She alleged that while, as a customer, she was shopping in...

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