Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. v. Weems

GOODWYN, Justice.

Gertrude Weems, plaintiff below and appellee in 6 Div. 903, brought suit in the circuit court of Jefferson County against The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, appellant, and Carl Burton, the store manager for said company, to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly suffered by said plaintiff when she slipped and fell to the floor of appellant’s grocery store located in the city of Jasper, Walker County, Alabama. Appellant’s negligence was alleged to be its failure “to maintain said store at the place where plaintiff slipped and fell in a reasonably safe…