WILLIAMSBURG SHOP, INC. v. WEEKS


110 S.E.2d 189 (1959)

201 Va. 244

WILLIAMSBURG SHOP, INC. v. Maxine Bryant WEEKS.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 3, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aubrey R. Bowles, Jr., Richmond (H. Armistead Boyd; Bowles, Anderson, Boyd, Clarke & Herod, Richmond, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Harry P. Anderson, Jr., Richmond (Donald R. Taylor; Williamsburg, Satterfield, Anderson & Beazley, Richmond, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE and SNEAD, JJ.


EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

On February 7, 1957, while Maxine Bryant Weeks, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, was a customer in a store operated by Williamsburg Shop, Incorporated, in the city of Williamsburg, she fell on a stairway and was injured. She filed an action at law against Williamsburg Shop, Incorporated, and Williamsburg Restoration, Incorporated, the latter being the owner of the premises, to recover damages for her injuries, claiming that her fall...

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