Garner v. Atlantic Greyhound Corporation

Defendant’s only assignment of error, except to the signing of ■the judgment, was to the failure of the court to sustain his motions for judgment of involuntary nonsuit. The sole question for decision here is whether upon the evidence the defendant, shopkeeper, failed in his duty to plaintiff, customer.

The duty of a shopkeeper with respect to the safety of outomers is as ^stated in Lee v. Green & Co., 236 N.C. 83, 85, 72 S.E. 2d 33, as follows: “Those entering a store during business hours to purchase or look at goods do so at the implied invitation of the proprietor, upon whom the law…