Hale v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

WARNE, J. pro tem. *

This is an appeal from a judg ment of nonsuit. Plaintiffs sued defendant for damages sustained by plaintiff Helen Hale as a result of a fall in defendant’s store. The trial was by the court sitting without a jury. At the close of the plaintiffs’ case, defendant moved for a nonsuit. The motion was granted and judgment entered accordingly. Plaintiffs appeal.

On September 1, 1951, Mrs. Hale, hereinafter referred to as appellant, went to the Safeway Store in Gridley to do her weekly shopping.- It was about 4:30 p. m., and she was accompanied by her 10-year-old boy. The layout…