Barton v. Capitol Market

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of nonsuit. The action was instituted by plaintiff to recover for personal injuries received when she slipped and fell on the sidewalk bordering defendants’ place of business. The theory of plaintiff was that defendants had frequently sprayed the corner of the building where the accident occurred, resulting in an oily, slippery stain running down the building and across the sidewalk upon which she slipped. At the con elusion of plaintiff’s case defendants moved for a nonsuit on the grounds that no evidence had been offered to show that defendants had placed…