GILLIS v. GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY

No. 4413.

95 So.2d 186 (1957)

Mrs. Elizabeth Joplin GILLIS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The GREAT ATLANTIC and PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 1957.

Writ of Certiorari Denied October 8, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Deutsche O'Neal, Houma, for appellant.

Claude B. Duval, Houma, for appellees.


TATE, Judge.

This is a suit for personal injuries sustained by the customer of a supermarket when a heavily loaded "grocery buggy" fell upon her on the morning of October 8, 1953, outside the store. The defendant supermarket appeals from the award of the resulting damages in favor of the customer, Mrs. Gillis, and her husband. Plaintiffs seek increase of the award by answer to the appeal.

The uncontradicted facts show:

Mrs. Gillis and a friend, Mrs...

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