Legal Opinion
Thalhimer Bros. Inc. v. Buckner
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 8, 1953No. Record No. 4079PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
194 Va. 1011 (1953)
THALHIMER BROTHERS, INCORPORATED
v.
INEZ JAMES BUCKNER.
Record No. 4079.
Supreme Court of Virginia.
June 8, 1953.
Present, Eggleston, Spratley, Buchanan, Miller, Smith and Whittle, JJ.
1. The plaintiff, an invitee in defendant's tea room, became impatient at a delay in being served, got up and pushed away the table behind which she had been seated, caught her foot on a table leg, fell and was permanently injured. A verdict in her favor for $1,800 was set aside as being without sufficient evidence to support it. There was no negligence in the design or placing of the table, nor…
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