De Velin v. Swanson
| Decision Date | 12 April 1909 |
| Citation | 72 A. 388 |
| Parties | DE VELIN v. SWANSON et al. |
| Court | Rhode Island Supreme Court |
Exceptions from Superior Court, Providence and Bristol Counties; Charles C. Mumford, Judge.
Action by Mary De Velin against Oscar Swanson and another. From an order directing a verdict for defendants, plaintiff brings exceptions. Exceptions overruled.
Albert B. Crafts and Andrew B. Patton, for plaintiff. Vincent, Boss & Barnefield, for defendants.
Assuming that the plaintiff did slip on a banana peel in the store of the defendants, there is no evidence that the defendants had notice of the fact that the same was upon their floor, or that it had been there long enough for such notice to be implied. In these circumstances the court rightly directed a verdict for the defendants, and the plaintiff's exception to such ruling is therefore overruled.
Case remitted to the superior court for Judgment on the verdict.
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