MARTIN v. HOWARD BROS. DISCOUNT STORES, INC.

No. 14767.

412 So.2d 631 (1982)

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.

March 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donnie G. Brunson, Jonesboro, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Davenport, Files, Kelly & Marsh by Thomas W. Davenport, Jr., Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh by Charles H. Heck, Monroe, for defendants-appellees.

Before MARVIN, SEXTON and NORRIS, JJ.


SEXTON, Judge.

The plaintiffs, husband and wife, appeal a judgment in which their demands for damages for personal injuries were rejected. In this slip and fall case the trial court found that neither of the defendants, Howard Brothers Discount Stores, Inc., or Mid-South Linen and Uniform Service, was negligent. The trial court further held that plaintiff-wife's contributory negligence barred her recovery. We affirm.

On February 21, 1976 appellant, Gerthia...

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