Alma Stofer v. Montgomery Ward & Company, Inc.

VOGEL, Circuit Judge.

On May 8, 1954, Alma Stofer, plaintiff and appellant herein, entered a store owned and operated by the defendant-appellee, Montgomery Ward & Company, at Kansas City, Missouri. While in the store as an invitee thereof she sustained accidental injuries which she claimed arose out of the negligence of Montgomery Ward. In her first trial she received a verdict at the hands of the jury in the amount of $5,000.00. The trial court en tered an order granting a new trial, the second trial, and at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence, the court directed a verdict in behalf of…