Ashemore v. Litsinberger

MARDEN, Justice.

On appeal. Upon a complaint alleging negligence on the part of the defendant whereby the plaintiff suffered personal injury, the trial Court directed a verdict for the defendant and plaintiff appealed.

The record establishes the following facts:

Defendant operated a public refreshment stand known as “A & W Root Beer,” the premises of which consist of a parking area surfaced with “gravel or washed rock” and a service building of one story and having a flat roof. The parking lot was hard based gravel surfaced with i/á to ¿4 inches of crushed stone. Within six feet around the…