Wheeler v. Corner

BIEGELMEIER, Presiding Judge.

While shopping in defendant's store plaintiff was invited by a saleslady to sit and have coffee at a counter. Plaintiff sat in one of the high "French type" stools, then left it for a moment and either when she resumed her seat or was in the process of doing so she claimed the chair gave way causing her to fall and receive the injuries for which the action was brought. Defendant appeals from the judgment entered on the jury verdict for plaintiff. Defendant made a motion for a directed verdict and for judgment n. o. v. and now urges error in denying such motions…