Casciaro v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

-This action was brought by Ernest Casciaro, as plaintiff, against The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, a corporation, as defendant, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff on February 26, 1942, as the result of a fall in one of defendant’s stores in St. Louis Comity, Missouri. A trial before the court and a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff and against defendant in the sum of $1000. After an unavailing motion for a new trial defendant duly appealed.

The petition of plaintiff alleged that defendant was the owner and…