GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO. v. COLEMAN

No. 12521.

259 S.W.2d 319 (1953)

GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO. v. COLEMAN.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston.

Rehearing Denied June 25, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John N. Touchstone, of Dallas, for appellant.

Burns & Grumbles and Harry H. Burns, of Houston, for appellee.


MONTEITH, Chief Justice.

This action was brought by Thomas Coleman as plaintiff, for recovery of damages alleged to have been sustained by him as a result of the common-law negligence of appellant, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, which resulted in a hernia.

Appellee alleged that appellant was negligent in failing to furnish him a reasonably safe place to work. He alleged that he was injured while loading crates of eggs from a stack of egg crates...

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