Lee v. Meier & Frank Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court in favor of the defendant based upon a ruling which sustained the defendant’s motion for an involuntary nonsuit. The complaint alleges that the defendant maintained a stack of pillows in its store in such a negligent manner that one of them fell to the floor of the aisle where it tripped the plaintiff’s decedent while she, as a patron of the store, was walking in the aisle. According to the complaint, the deceased, Katie F. Anderson, sustained injuries which shortly caused her death. The complaint charges that (1) the defendant’s pillow…