Ralph v. MacMarr Stores

This is an action for damages for personal injuries suffered by Margaret Ralph in falling over a box on the floor of a grocery store owned and operated by defendants, MacMarr Stores, a corporation, and Gerald R. Stafford, manager thereof, in the city of Butte.

The store was one of the type commonly designated “self-service.” The tables, counters and floor displays were so arranged as to form aisles for the use of customers, who might themselves proceed to any part of the store for the purpose of selecting merchandise displayed therein. Just inside the main entrance there was a rack of shopping…