Stephenson v. F. W. Woolworth Co.

Knutson, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or in the alternative' for a new trial.

The action arises out of an injury sustained by plaintiff when she slipped and fell on the floor of defendant’s store in Bemidji, Minnesota.

The front of defendant’s store faces to the east and has two entrances, one on the southeast comer and another on the northeast comer. Near the entrances, inside the store, there are checkout counters. Between the checkout counters and the east wall there is an aisle running the full length of…