Hill Grocery Co. v. Hameker
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; R. Y. Evans, Judge. Action by Mrs. Frances h. Hameker against the Hill Grocery Company for damages for personal injuries sustained while on the premises. Judgment for plaintiff, and the defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; R. Y. Evans, Judge. Action by Mrs. Frances h. Hameker against the Hill Grocery Company for damages for personal injuries sustained while on the premises. Judgment for plaintiff, and the defendant appeals. The following is the complaint: Count 1: Plaintiff claims of the defendant the sum of $5,000 as damages, for that heretofore, to wit, September 13, 1917, defendant occupied and was in possession of eertajn premises in Birmingham, Ala., on one of the public streets of said city where it conducted or operated a public store to which the public…
1Opinion of the CourtBricken, P. J.
Appellee brought suit to-recover damages of the appellant for injuries received by her while in the store of appellant. The damages resulted by reason of the fact that “she fell, or was caused to fall, into or over, or step into and fall, a dangerous unguarded opening or depression in the floor of the store of appellant.” There was a verdict for plaintiff, and defendant, in the' court below, appeals.
The cause was tried upon counts 1 and 2: of the complaint as amended, and pleas 1, 11, and 12, demurrers having been sustained to the other pleas. The cause was tried upon the pleas of the general…
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