John Gerber Co. v. Smith

These two suits for damages were instituted in the circuit court of Shelby county against the John Gerber Company, who will hereinafter be referred to as the defendant.

One of the suits was instituted by Mrs. L. D. Smith to recover for personal injuries sustained by her in slipping and falling while walking across a polished hardwood floor of the building in which defendant operates a public café in the city of Memphis; the accident occurring on or about the 15th of September, 1922.

In her declaration Mrs. Smith alleges that she was a patron of defendant’s café, and had gone in there for the…