Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Windham

This appeal is from a jury verdict and judgment for four thousand dollars against appellant in favor of appellee for personal injuries claimed by appellee to have been suffered by her as a result of a fall in the store building of appellant located in Jackson, Mississippi, which fall was caused by the negligence of appellant. Appellee will be called plaintiff, and appellant defendant, in this opinion.

Defendant, on this appeal, urges among other contentions, that the lower court erred in not granting its request for a peremptory instruction, but, if not, that the verdict is so contrary to the…