Smith v. Sloan

This is an action in negligence for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff, Ann T. Sloan, when she fell in the aisle of a moving picture theater operated by the defendants Smith. The case was tried to a jury in the Circuit Court of Knox County, and a verdict was returned for the plaintiff in the sum of $2,000. After suggesting remittitur of $500, the Trial Judge overruled motion for new trial and both parties appealed to the Court of Appeals. That Court, on the ground that there was shown no actionable negligence to support a judgment against the defendants, held that *372th…