WEST BROS. OF PASCAGOULA, MISS., INC. v. DICKENS

No. 43794.

183 So.2d 480 (1966)

WEST BROS. OF PASCAGOULA, MISS., INC., a corp., d/b/a Gibson's Discount Center, v. Mrs. Beatrice DICKENS.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 21, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.C. Seaman, Jr., P.D. Greaves, Gulfport, for appellant.

Pittman, King & Pittman, Hattiesburg, for appellee.


ROBERTSON, Justice:

Appellee, Mrs. Beatrice Dickens, sued the appellant, West Bros. of Pascagoula, Miss., Inc., a Corp., d/b/a Gibson's Discount Center for damages sustained when she tripped and fell over a flat display counter located at the end of a gondola-type display counter. The jury returned a verdict for $10,500.00 damages, and the appellant appeals to this Court.

The appellant assigns as errors: the refusal to grant a peremptory instruction for the...

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