Blake v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

75 S.E.2d 921 (1953)

237 N.C. 730

BLAKE

v.

GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO.

No. 669.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 20, 1953.

Frank McNeill and McLean & Stacy, Lumberton, for plaintiff-appellant.

Varser, McIntyre & Henry, Lumberton, for defendant-appellee.

BARNHILL, Justice.

That the plaintiff was an invitee of the defendant at the time he suffered his injuries is not debatable. Pafford v. J. A. Jones Construction Co., 217 N.C. 730, 9 S.E.2d 408.

So far, however, this Court has not held that water alone, unmixed with oil or grease or other slippery substance, on a floor over which an invitee may be…