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FORD v. LEONARD'S

No. 15131.

228 S.W.2d 192 (1950)

FORD et ux. v. LEONARD'S.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

April 14, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Hendricks Brown and Wm. B. Townsend, Fort Worth, for appellants.

Cantey, Hanger, Johnson, Scarborough & Gooch, J. Lee Johnson III, and J. Kirby Smith, Fort Worth, for appellee.

McDONALD, Chief, Justice.

Appellee, defendant in the court below, operates a large retail store in Fort Worth. A part of the equipment of the store is a system of escalators which transport customers, from one floor to another. On the occasion in question appellant Mrs. Ford, a customer, stepped onto one of the ascending escalators. About two steps ahead of Mrs. Ford on the escalator stood a large Negro woman who weighed about two hundred pounds. During the ascent...

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