Barker v. Kroger Grocery & Baking Co.

SPARKS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in an action for the recovery of damages alleged to have been caused by. the negligence of appellant.

The complaint alleged in substance the following facts: Before the injury complained of, appellant owned and operated a grocery store in a rented building located at the corner of Main and Locust Streets, in Harrisburg, Illinois. There was a cement public sidewalk along the south side of West Locust Street immediately north of appellant’s store which continued west and adjacent to appellant’s premises. Before the…