Legal Opinion
White v. Mugar
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 30, 1932PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.
This case is before us upon exceptions claimed to an order directing a verdict for the defendant. There was evidence that the plaintiff’s intestate suffered injury in consequence of falling upon the floor of the defendant’s market. She stated that she fell from slipping upon vegetable leaves lying on the floor. The essential question is whether the. evidence will sustain a finding of negligence for which the defendant is liable.
A vegetable counter extended into the store some ten or fifteen feet. It was at the right as one entered. Beyond it was the cashier’s cage, and, still further in, a…
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