McLellan Stores Co. v. Layfield

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a slip and fall case. Parties will be referred to as in the Trial Court. Plaintiff Mrs. Layfield plead that she went into defendant’s store to buy some merchandise ; that the walkways in use in the store were old, worn smooth in places, rough, irregular and uneven in places and presented a dangerous surface upon which to walk; that an oily sweeping compound had been used which rendered the floor even more dangerous and hazardous; that while plaintiff was walking on the floor, by reason of the unsafe and dangerous condition of the floor and without fault or…