Wiard v. Market Operating Corporation

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages on account of injuries sustained in a fall on the floor of a building owned by defendant. A jury returned a verdict in her favor for five thousand dollars. Upon motion, the court entered judgment for the defendant notwithstanding the verdict. Plaintiff appeals.

As we understand the record, the appeal, on the appellant’s side, presents only the problem of the sufficiency of the evidence on the question of respondent’s negligence to make a ease for the jury. Before passing to that question, we may say, without discussing the evidence, that…