F.W. WOOLWORTH CO. v. STOKES

No. 44049.

191 So.2d 411 (1966)

F.W. WOOLWORTH CO., Defendant-Appellant, v. Mrs. Myrtis STOKES, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Suggestion of Error Overruled November 14, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dent, Ward, Martin & Terry, Vicksburg, for appellant.

Harry R. Allen, Brunini, Everett, Grantham & Quin, Vicksburg, for appellee.


PATTERSON, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren County wherein judgment was rendered for the plaintiff in the sum of $5900. The suit was brought for injuries alleged to have been sustained when the plaintiff slipped and fell on the floor of appellant's store.

Plaintiff's charge of negligence against the defendant, in substance, is that on the day she fell it had rained heavily for a considerable time, and the defendant knew or, by the...

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