Melber v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

This appeal discloses that the plaintiff Lucy Melber recovered a judgment against the defendants The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, a corporation, which conducts a chain grocery store business, and William Strohmeyer, the manager of the store.

*636It appears that Mrs. Melber came into the Little Perry store of the defendant company shortly before noon on Monday, November 2d, 1931, to make some purchases, when she fell, suffering painful injuries. Her testimony disclosed that the floor was wet with oil, which, on the previous Saturday evening, had been applied to the floor surface.

The…