Colonial Stores Inc. v. Pulley

Lucille Admon Pulley, the plaintiff, filed a motion for judgment against Colonial Stores Incorporated, the defendant, seeking to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained by her in a fall in the defendant’s store at Franklin. A jury trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $28,016.11, upon which the trial court entered final judgment. The defendant was granted a writ of error.

Although there are a number of errors assigned to the rulings of the trial court, our view of the case requires us to consider only those which present the question of whether there was…