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JONES v. TEA CO

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Sep 1, 1941
16 S.E.2d 455 (N.C. 1941)

Opinion

(Filed 24 September, 1941.)

APPEAL by plaintiff from Bobbitt, J., at May Term, 1941, of BUNCOMBE. Affirmed.

Don C. Young for plaintiff, appellant.

Williams Cocke for defendant, appellee.


Plaintiff instituted her action to recover damages for personal injury due to a fall in the defendant's store. This, she alleged, was due to an accumulation of oil or grease on the floor. At the conclusion of all the evidence defendant renewed its motion for judgment of nonsuit, and this was allowed, and judgment rendered dismissing the action. Plaintiff appealed.

An examination of the plaintiff's evidence, as shown by the record, leads us to the conclusion that its probative force does not measure up to that held sufficient to go to the jury in Anderson v. Amusement Co., 213 N.C. 130, 195 S.E. 386, but that the case is rather governed by the decision in Pratt v. Tea Co., 218 N.C. 732, 12 S.E.2d 242.

The judgment of nonsuit is

Affirmed.


Summaries of

JONES v. TEA CO

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Sep 1, 1941
16 S.E.2d 455 (N.C. 1941)
Case details for

JONES v. TEA CO

Case Details

Full title:MISS MARTHA JONES v. GREAT ATLANTIC PACIFIC TEA COMPANY

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Sep 1, 1941

Citations

16 S.E.2d 455 (N.C. 1941)
220 N.C. 817