Wilkins v. Allied Stores of Missouri

DALTON, Judge.

Action for $25,000 damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of defendant’s negligence. Plaintiff was injured when she slipped and fell on the terrazzo floor of the entranceway to defendant’s store. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence the court directed a verdict for defendant and entered judgment. Plaintiff has appealed.

In her amended petition plaintiff alleged that on November 30, 1953, while in the act of stepping from the public sidewalk into the entranceway of defendant’s store “she was caused to slip and fall and did slip and fall due to the…