Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Blakely

Daisy Blakely was plaintiff in the court below, and recovered a judgment for five hundred dollars for personal injuries caused by siipping and falling upon the floor of the office of the appellant, the Western Union Telegraph Company.

It was claimed that said fall was due to a wet and slippery condition of the floor, and the evidence as to the condition of the floor was in conflict.

A plea of general issue was filed by the defendant, appellant here, wdth notice thereunder that it would prove that.the floor was safe, being covered with “tile tex” a standard floor coA^ering widely used throughout…