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J.C. PENNEY COMPANY v. SUMRALL

No. 48030.

318 So.2d 829 (1975)

J.C. PENNEY COMPANY and Holcombe C. White v. Mrs. Ruth Jones SUMRALL.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibbes, Graves, Mullins, Bullock & Ferris, Laurel, for appellants.

Maxey, Clark & Casey, Robert Sullivan, Laurel, for appellee.

Before RODGERS, INZER and WALKER, JJ.

RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

This is one of those cases commonly called a "slip and fall case." Mrs. Ruth Jones Sumrall fell in the foyer or entrance of the J.C. Penney Company store in Laurel, Mississippi. She filed suit against J.C. Penney Company in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County, Mississippi, based upon the alleged negligence of the appellant. The jury returned a verdict of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) in favor of Mrs...

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