POPE v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC.

No. 28940.

425 F.2d 1161 (1970)

D. A. POPE, and wife, Millie T. Pope, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor Hlavinka, Otto Atchley, Texarkana, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Franklin Jones, Jr., Franklin Jones, Sr., Marshall, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In this "slip and fall" case Safeway Stores, Inc., the defendant-appellant, asks this court to determine whether the trial court erred in rejecting appellant's motions for a directed verdict and a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We are convinced that the evidence of negligence was sufficient to support the district court's denials. Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed.

On the morning of April 20, 1968 Millie T. Pope was an invitee in defendant...

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