MISS. WINN-DIXIE SUPMKTS., INC. v. HUGHES

No. 42752.

247 Miss. 575 (1963)

156 So.2d 734

MISSISSIPPI WINN-DIXIE SUPERMARKETS, INC. v. HUGHES

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 14, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Snow, Covington, Shows & Watts, Meridian, for appellants.

Ethridge, Minniece & Bourdeaux, Thomas R. Jones, Meridian, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, J.

Mrs. Fred J. Hughes, appellee, was injured on June 7, 1961, in a fall when she slipped on some dry vermicelli (edible paste smaller than spaghetti) in a self-service grocery store owned by appellant, Mississippi Winn-Dixie Supermarkets, Inc. She sued Winn-Dixie and its store manager, J.R. Glass, in a tort action, and received a jury verdict and judgment in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County, awarding $40...

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