Opelika Montgomery Fair Co. v. Wright

BROWN, Justice.

Petitioner Ada Wright, suing as plaintiff in an action on the case against Opelika Montgomery Fair Company, Inc., had verdict and judgment for seven hundred and fifty dollars as damages for personal injuries resulting from a fall from the steps of a stairway onto a concrete floor in defendant’s place of business in the City of Opelika, at which the public were invited to trade.

The complaint consisting of a single count, after averments of inducement showing that plaintiff was in said store as a customer — an invitee- — raising a legal duty on the part of the defendant to…