Chalmers v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment on a directed verdict for the defendant, in an action brought in the Baltimore City Court by Helen Chalmers against the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, to recover for injuries said to have been caused by a fall over a carton of canned goods, placed in an aisle in a store operated by the defendant, where she was present as a patron and business visitor. The single question submitted is whether the evidence was legally sufficient to permit a recovery.

There was in the' case evidence legally sufficient to permit the following finding of fact: At about 5…