Legal Opinion

Gaddis v. Ladies Literary Club

Utah Supreme Court

Decided October 20, 1955No. 8322PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McDonough, chief justice.

Appeal from a judgment entered upon an order granting a motion to dismiss made at the close of appellant’s evidence. Affirmed.

Appellant, admittedly a business visitor of respondent, slipped and fell upon the stage in respondent’s auditorium. As a cause of action against the club, she alleged in her complaint that:

“Defendant was negligent toward plaintiff in that:
“(a) At some time prior to the afternoon of April IS, 1950, it caused to be applied to the stage in the immediate vicinity of the West stairs a wax in such extreme quantity or of such inferi- or quality or in…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Hatfield v. Levy BrothersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Nicola v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.California Court of Appeal · 1942
  3. Dixon v. HartAppellate Court of Illinois · 1951
  4. Smith v. Union & New Haven Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1936
  5. Dunham v. Hubert W. White, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1938

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Steele v. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad CompanyUtah Supreme Court · 1964
  2. Taylor v. Keith O'Brien, Inc.Utah Supreme Court · 1975
  3. De Weese v. JC PENNY COMPANYUtah Supreme Court · 1956
  4. De Weese v. JC PENNY COMPANYUtah Supreme Court · 1956
  5. De Weese v. JC PENNY COMPANYUtah Supreme Court · 1956

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