J. C. Penny Co. v. Forrest

On the afternoon of the I2th day of December, 1934, the plaintiff below, defendant in error here, while a customer in defendant’s store, suffered an accidental injury when, a mechanical' carrier fell from the overhead system for the carriage used in the store of the said defendant.

An examination disclosed that an iron.’ casting which held a bolt on said appliance broke ¿nd the mechanism was propelled from above down upon the plaintiff, causing the injury. Judgment was rendered upon the verdict of the jury for the plaintiff for .$2,995.

Defendant introduced evidence to dis.close that a complete…