DAWES v. J. C. PENNEY & CO.

No. 2938.

236 S.W.2d 624 (1951)

DAWES et ux. v. J. C. PENNEY & CO., Inc.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubbard & Hubbard, McCampbell, Wood & Kirkham, Dean B. Kirkham, Corpus Christi, for appellants.

Kemp, Lewright, Dyer & Sorrell, Cecil D. Redford, Corpus Christi, for appellee.


HALE, Justice.

Appellants, Donald Dawes and wife, sued appellee for damages on account of personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Dawes on April 20, 1949, when she slipped and fell on the terrazzo-tiled entrance way to Penney's department store at Corpus Christi, Texas, while she was attempting to enter the store. The suit was grounded upon allegations of actionable negligence on the part of appellee in failing to maintain the entrance way into its store in a reasonably...

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