Farrow v. John R. Thompson Co.

This is a suit in which plaintiff, Mrs. Marie Farrow, sued the defendant corporation, John R. Thompson Company, claiming $15,291 as damages for physical injuries alleged to have been sustained as the result of a fall which occurred on the morning of September 30, 1929, at 11:15 a. m.

The Thompson Company operates a cafeteria or self-serving restaurant at 133 St. Charles street in .the city of New Orleans, and Mrs. Farrow, on the morning of the accident, was one of" its customers. She had selected what food she desired and, following the custom which obtains in the defendant’s res-tampant, was…