Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Phelps

This suit was brought by appellee against appellant in the circuit court of Ashley county to recover damages in the sum of $2,999 on account of an injury he claims to have received to his back 'by slipping on a small quantity of oil negligently spilled and left on the floor at or near the place he was employed to work in a little room in the northwest corner of its business house in Crossett, Arkansas. An answer was filed by appellant denying the material allegations of the complaint and specifically pleading contributory negligence and assumption of risk as separate, distinct and complete…