Callaway v. Newman Mercantile Co.

Plaintiff sued defendant corporation to recover damages in the sum of $15,000 for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by her in a fall upon a sidewalk in the city of Joplin, which defendant is charged with having negligently permitted to fall into a state of disrepair. At the conclusion of plaintiff's evidence, the trial court, at the request of defendant, gave to the jury a peremptory instruction to return a verdict for defendant, whereupon plaintiff took an involuntary nonsuit with leave to move to set the same aside, and judgment was entered in favor of defendant. After timely,…