WALLACE v. J.C. PENNY CO., INC.

No. 41097.

236 Miss. 367 (1959)

109 So.2d 876

WALLACE v. J.C. PENNY CO., INC.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 23, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crisler, Crisler & Bowling, E.B. Todd, Jackson, for appellant.

Jackson & Ross, Jackson, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, J.

Appellant, Mrs. Belva Wallace, sued appellee, J.C. Penny Company, Inc., for damages resulting from personal injuries received when she slipped and fell on the floor of the foyer, arcade or entrance-way to defendant's store in Jackson. The jury returned a verdict for defendant. We have concluded that an instruction given defendant on assumption of risk was error, but not reversible error, because plaintiff has...

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