WATTS v. MANTOOTH

No. 6458.

196 So.2d 230 (1967)

Charles B. WATTS and Pauline C. Watts, His Wife, Appellants, v. Ethel MANTOOTH and Walter Mantooth, Her Husband, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. O'Riorden, of Dart, Bell & Dickinson, Sarasota, for appellants.

Gerald C. Surfus, of Stinnett, Surfus, Korp & Payne, Sarasota, for appellees.


HOBSON, Judge.

The appellants appeal a final judgment entered in favor of the appellees pursuant to a jury verdict.

This is a bathtub "slip and fall" case involving injuries sustained by plaintiff-appellee Mrs. Ethel Mantooth, a house guest of the defendant-appellants Charles and Pauline Watts, while visiting in their home on February 22, 1961. The parties will hereinafter be referred to as they appeared in the trial court.

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