Lindsay v. Eccles Hotel Company

HENRIOD, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment by the trial court entered against plaintiff on the grounds that as a matter of law the evidence was insufficient to present a jury question, in a case were defendant was alleged to have been negligent in permitting water to remain on the floor of its establishment. Affirmed. Costs to defendant.

Plaintiff, after dining in defendant’s coffee shop, slipped in a small quantity of water which somehow got on the floor some time aftér she was seated. Although the evidence indicated that a waitress delivered water in glasses to plaintiff and her companion,…