MERRELL v. CHICKASAW HOTEL COMPANY


362 S.W.2d 262 (1961)

Wooten C. MERRELL, Plaintiff-in-Error, v. CHICKASAW HOTEL COMPANY, Defendant-In-Error.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section.

Certiorari Denied December 8, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. McCormick, James M. Tharpe, Memphis, for plaintiff in error.

Lake Hays, Laughlin, Watson & Creson, Memphis, for defendant in error.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court December 8, 1961.

CARNEY, Judge.

The plaintiff below, Mr. Merrell, appeals from a judgment of the lower court sustaining defendant's motion for a directed verdict at the conclusion of his proof. His suit was for damages for injuries sustained when he fell into the rest room at the Chisca Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. He has filed only one assignment of error which challenges the correctness of the directed verdict against...

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