Plumlee v. Ramsay Dry Goods Company

TITUS, Presiding Judge.

After “a few minutes” of mirror prink-ing to determine the acceptability vel non of a raincoat for sale in defendant’s Economy Shop, plaintiff’s right little finger encountered the whirling blades of a pedes-taled fan as she undertook to remove the garment. Plaintiff sued for $3,500 damages. At the close of her evidence the trial court directed a verdict for the defendant and plaintiff, having no success with her motion for new trial, infra, has appealed.

On the day of the casualty, plaintiff went to defendant’s shop as a business guest “to shop * * * for a rain coat.”…