Stephens v. Murphree

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THE CASE. ■

SHRIVER, P. J.

The parties will be referred to as .plaintiff and defendant as they appeared in the Court ■below. '

- Plaintiff, Edythe P. Stephens, sued the defendant, - Mary Elizabeth Murphree, for personal injuries received when plaintiff slipped and fell on a walkway leading from the street to the apartment .rented by plaintiff from the defendant owner. ...

*499The case was tried in the Fifth Circuit Court of Davidson Connty with a jury, and, at the conclusion of all the proof, the Trial Judge directed a verdict in favor of the defendant. After the motion for a new trial was overruled…