Hoffman v. Mohican Co.

This is an action for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, a customer in the defendant’s market, when her foot slipped upon a piece of vegetable matter and she fell to the floor. The first count of the complaint alleges negli gence and the second nuisance. The jury rendered a verdict for the defendant and the plaintiff has appealed from the judgment thereon, claiming error in the court’s charge and rulings upon evidence.

The defendant conducted a large retail market in a store on Main Street in Hartford, where fruits and vegetables were sold from a rectangular…