Van Boven v. F. W. Woolworth Co.

Moss, Justice.

Mrs. Lois W. Van Boven, the respondent herein, brought this action against F. W. Woolworth Company, the appellant herein, to recover damages for personal injuries which she alleged she sustained as the result of a fall she suffered while a customer in appellant’s store in Charleston, South Carolina.

The respondent alleged in her complaint that on May 4, 1959, at about 4:30 P.M., she was a customer in the appellant’s store. She alleged that in connection with said store, the appellant maintains a section known as a “garden shop”, where plants, seeds, and garden tools are sold. The…