De Weese v. JC PENNY COMPANY

5 Utah 2d 116 (1956)

297 P.2d 898

SARAH MARGARET DE WEESE, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT,

v.

J.C. PENNEY COMPANY, A CORPORATION, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

No. 8347.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 25, 1956.

Ray, Quinney & Nebeker, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Rawlings, Wallace, Roberts & Black, Salt Lake City, for respondent.

CROCKETT, Justice.

Sarah M. DeWeese slipped and fell in the entrance of the J.C. Penney Department Store at 213 South Main Street in Salt Lake City on the evening of November 30, 1953. From a jury verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, defendant appeals, attacking the judgment on the…