Poe v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

HOWARD, Judge.

In this case respondent seeks to recover damages for personal injuries incurred when she slipped and fell in appellant’s grocery store located on the Blue Ridge Mall, in Jackson County, Missouri. The suit was originally filed in magistrate court where judgment was for the plaintiff. It was appealed to the circuit court where it was tried to the court without a jury, resulting in a judgment for plaintiff in the amount of $1,200.00. Appellant has duly appealed to this court. We shall refer to the parties as they appeared below.

*747On January 10, 1963, about 5:30 P.M., the plaintiff,…