J. C. PENNEY COMPANY v. WAGGONER

No. 6205.

317 S.W.2d 949 (1958)

J. C. PENNEY COMPANY, Inc., Appellant, v. Nannie WAGGONER, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

October 16, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Collins, Garrison, Renfrow & Zeleskey, Lufkin, for appellant.

Fulmer, Fairchild & Barnett, Nacogdoches, for appellee.


ANDERSON, Justice.

The appeal is from an order of the district court of Nacogdoches County overruling the defendant's plea of privilege in a slip-and-fall case.

Mrs. Waggoner, a widow, claims that oil on the floor of defendant's Nacogdoches store caused her to slip and fall. She alleges that the defendant was negligent in these respects: (a) in permitting the floor to become slippery; (b) in failing to keep the floor in a reasonably safe condition for the...

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