Coates v. Montgomery Ward & Co.

Kenna, Judge:

This action of trespass on the case was brought in the Circuit Court of Cabell County by Flora Coates against Montgomery Ward & Company to recover $5,000.00 alleged damages suffered by plaintiff from a fall in defendant’s store room located on Third Avenue in the City of Huntington on the 27th day of April, 1947. To a judgment for $650.00 based upon a verdict for a like amount the defendant below was granted this writ of error.

The plaintiff below, defendant in error, Flora Coates, does not appear in this Court.

The declaration is in a single count and in effect alleges negligence…