MILLS v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC.

No. 3435.

201 A.2d 20 (1964)

Mabel MILLS, Appellant, v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 4, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob A. Stein, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William T. Clague and Francis C. O'Brien, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant, while a customer in one of appellee's stores, slipped on a piece of string bean in one of the aisles, fell and was injured. At the close of her case the trial court directed a verdict against her and she has appealed.

Appellant could offer no evidence either as to the length of time the bean had been on the floor or as to the cause of its being there. She seeks to overcome the effect of our decision in Orum v. Safeway Stores, D.C.Mun...

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