Wilkens v. Western States Grocery Co.

Plaintiff brought this action against Western States Grocery Company, a corporation, Ocean Dock Terminal & Supply Company, a corporation, L. W. Rippey and Dorothy Rippey to recover damages for personal injuries caused, as she alleged, by a fall upon premises in Marshfield negligently constructed and maintained by the defendants. Upon the trial, orders of nonsuit were made in favor of Ocean Dock Terminal & Supply Company and the Rippeys on the ground that they had neither possession nor control of the premises where the accident occurred. The court ruled that such possession and control were…