Campbell v. F. W. Woolworth & Co.

THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff in falling upon the floor of an entryway to defendant’s retail store in Jefferson City, Missouri. The case was tried without a jury. At the close of plaintiff’s testimony the district court sustained defendant’s motion for judgment in its favor. This appeal followed.

In her amended petition the plaintiff alleged that the injury sustained by her was the direct ■ result of the negligence of the defendant in inviting her to use the passageway to the store when the same was slippery and slick without…