Tazewell Supply Company v. Turner

The plaintiff, Mrs. Virginia Belle Turner, fell and was injured in the store of defendant, Tazewell Supply Company, Inc., T/A A-Mart, in Tazewell, Virginia. She brought her action for damages alleging her fall was caused by a cardboard box which defendant had negligently placed in the aisle of the store. The trial by a jury resulted in a verdict in her favor for $12,500 on which the court entered the judgment which defendant now seeks to have reversed. We need consider only the assignment of error which raises the question of plaintiff’s contributory negligence as a matter of law.

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