Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Cox

W. T. Cox brought an action for $3000 damages against the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. The jury returned'a verdict for $450, and the question for determination is whether or not the court erred in overruling the defendant’s, motion for a new trial.

It is averred in paragraph 4 of- the petition that on June 19, 1933, plaintiff, “who had for some time been a customer at said retail store, . . went into said place of business for the purpose of buying groceries . . ; that, upon entering the store, the manager of the same, W. G. Anderson, began waiting upon . . petitioner, and while . .…