Owl Drug Co. v. Crandall

Eugene F. Crandall and Martha Crandall, husband and wife, brought this action against the Owl Drug Company for damages for personal injuries sustained by the wife Martha, in the defendant’s drug store in Phoenix, from a fall which it is claimed it was the duty of defendant’s servants and agents to prevent, and which by the exercise of reasonable care they could have prevented.

At the close of plaintiffs’ case, and at the close of the whole case, defendant moved for a directed verdict on the grounds (1) that there was no evidence that defendant or its agents were guilty of any negligence and…