Reynolds v. W. T. Grant Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
Kenna, Judge:
This is an action of trespass on the case to recover damages for injury alleged to have been sustained as a result of defendant’s negligence in knowingly permitting the floor of one of its sales rooms to remain in bad condition. Error is prosecuted by plaintiff, an invitee, to the action of the trial court in directing a verdict for the defendant after the jury had deliberated for sometime.
Plaintiff, who, together with her son-in-law and a friend, was in defendant’s store on May 14, 1934, the date of the alleged accident, for the purpose of making purchases, claims to have…
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- Truschel v. Rex Amusement Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1926
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