MONTGOMERY WARD & COMPANY v. STEELE

No. 17823.

352 F.2d 822 (1965)

MONTGOMERY WARD & COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, v. Nellie Bell STEELE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

November 19, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Landon H. Rowland, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant, Robert B. Olsen, Kansas City, Mo., with him on the brief.

Richard K. Phelps, Lee's Summit, Mo., for appellee.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT and RIDGE, Circuit Judges, and HENLEY, District Judge.


RIDGE, Circuit Judge.

In this jury-waived action, defendant appeals from a judgment for $4,000.00, entered in favor of plaintiff for personal injuries sustained as the result of a fall while she was on the business premises of defendant. Diversity jurisdiction clearly appears in the record. For convenience, we refer to the parties as they appeared in the court below.

Defendant maintains and operates a retail store...

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