De Soto Auto Hotel, Inc. v. Clarence McDonough

Following trial by jury with verdict in his favor, the appellee recovered a judgment against appellant for $11,-250.00 as damages for a broken leg resulting from a fall in appellant’s storage garage in Memphis, Tennessee, alleged to have been caused by slipping on a spot of grease or oil on the floor of the garage.

Appellee was not a customer of the garage, but came to the garage from a nearby hotel with a business friend, who had stored his automobile in appellant’s garage and was planning to take the appellee to the ear owner’s home. Ap-pellee classifies himself as a business invitee and…