Smith v. Manning's, Inc.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, brought this action for personal injuries suffered by the wife as the result of a fall in the cafeteria section of a store operated by the defendant at 216 Union street in Seattle. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict for the defendant. Plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial was denied, and they have appealed from the judgment of dismissal entered on the verdict. For convenience, Mrs. Smith, the injured wife, will hereinafter be referred to as if she were the only appellant.

About 11:20 in the forenoon of July 26, 1938, appellant, accompanied by her daughter, entered…