MARTIN v. HOWARD BROS. DISCOUNT STORES, INC.

No. 13928.

376 So.2d 1280 (1979)

Elijah MARTIN and Gerthia Mae Jackson Martin, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HOWARD BROTHERS DISCOUNT STORES, INC. et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker, Culpepper and Brunson by D. G. Brunson, Jonesboro, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Davenport, Files, Kelly and Marsh by Thomas W. Davenport, Jr., Monroe, for defendants Howard Bros. and The Northwest Ins. Co.

Theus, Grisham, Davis and Leigh by Charles H. Heck, Monroe, for defendants Mid-South Linen and Uniform Service and Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.

Before HALL, JONES and HEARD, JJ.


JONES, Judge.

Plaintiffs in this slip and fall case appeal a judgment rejecting their demands for damages on a finding of no negligence on the part of either defendant, Howard Brothers Discount Stores, Inc. or Mid-South Linen and Uniform Service, and also upon a finding of contributory negligence on the part of plaintiff-wife.

During trial at the conclusion of the introduction of evidence on the issue of liability, the parties stipulated with the consent of...

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