Cooke v. . Tea Co.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries caused by the negligence of the defendants.

On Saturday night, 24 October, 1931, the plaintiff while leaving the store of the defendant, the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, in Oxford, N.C. where he had purchased of the said defendant groceries and other merchandise, stepped on a banana peeling which was lying on the floor just outside the door, slipped and fell. The banana peeling was on the floor of the entrance to the store from the sidewalk, about 18 inches from the door. The door was 5 or 6 feet from the sidewalk. There…