STRAUSS v. LA MARK

No. 13916.

360 S.W.2d 583 (1962)

Helen S. STRAUSS, Appellant, v. Lewis LA MARK et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston.

Rehearing Denied October 11, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton Schwartz, Mabel Grey Howell, (on motion for rehearing), Houston, for appellant.

Butler, Binion, Rice & Cook, John L. McConn, Jr., Clyde Bracken, Houston, for appellees.


COLEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant in a personal injury case.

Appellant, an elderly woman, alleged that she received serious personal injuries by reason of a fall in the beauty shop owned and operated by appellees, caused by tripping over an electrical cord negligently permitted by appellees to remain in an aisle of the shop.

Special Issue No. 1 read:

"Do you find from a preponderance of the evidence that...

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