F.W. Woolworth Co., Inc. v. Haynie

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding the appellee five hundred dollars damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by her while she was employed by appellant at the soda fountain in its Gulf-port store.

The declaration alleged, in substance, that, among appellee’s other duties at the soda fountain, she was required to wash dishes in sinks or compartments, in water that had been treated with some kind of chemical, the exact nature of which was unknown to her,, but called “Pur-a-fac;” that this chemically treated water overflowed onto the floor beneath the sinks and other…