Merriman v. Sea Pines Plantation Co.

Lewis, Chief Justice:

Appellant was injured in a shopping area known as Har-bour Town, Sea Pines Plantation, in Beaufort County, when she slipped and fell on a walkway made of ground oyster shells. Upon the trial of the case, the trial judge granted respondent’s motion for an involuntary nonsuit, holding that, while there was some evidencee of negligence on the part of respondent in maintaining the walkway, appellant was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law, thereby barring her of recovery. Appellant contends in this appeal that the granting of the nonsuit was error. We agree.

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