Scott v. T. G. & Y. Stores

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scott, Jr., plaintiffs in the trial court and appellants here, alleged that Mrs. Scott sustained personal injuries when she slipped and fell in defendant’s store on May 24, 1967, as a result of the negligence of the defendant, T. G. & Y. Stores, appellee here. The defendant’s answer was a general denial, general plea of contributory negligence and unavoidable accident. After the depositions of Mrs. Scott and a Mrs. Harrison, an employee of the defendant, were taken the defendant made motion for summary judgment which the trial court granted. From that…