Anthony v. Anthony

Mrs. Linnie Anthony sues Mr. and Mrs. William Perry Anthony, her son and daughter-in-law, seeking damages for personal injuries sustained in a fall at a lakeside cottage owned by the defendants.

After a trial by jury, judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of $3,000.00 was entered upon the jury’s verdict.

In this appeal defendants, among other things, insist the circuit judge erred in not sustaining their motion for directed verdict.

On July 29, 1966, plaintiff, seventy-eight year old Mrs. Linnie Anthony, was attending a family gathering along with some twenty other relatives at the…