Worley v. Proctor & Gamble Manufacturing Co.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injury brought by Carrie Worley, as plaintiff, against defendant, Proctor and Gamble Manufacturing Company, a corporation. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $500. Defendant has appealed from said judgment.

Plaintiff and her husband, Richard Worley, were proprietors of a restaurant in Potosí, Missouri, known as “Dick and Carrie’s”. Plaintiff worked in said restaurant, her duties consisted of waiting upon customers, preparing and cooking food, mopping the floor, and washing dishes, In washing dishes…