Zayre of Georgia, Inc. v. Ray

Bell, Presiding Judge.

Alice H. Ray brought suit against Zayre of Georgia, Inc. to recover for personal injuries sustained when she slipped on some hair tonic on the floor of defendant’s department store. Defendant took this appeal from the judgment entered on a jury verdict for plaintiff.

1. The court instructed the jury: “The burden of proof is upon the plaintiff to prove to your satisfaction by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant was guilty of one or more of the acts of negligence alleged in the petition, and that such negligence was the proximate cause of the injury and…