WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY COMPANY v. CAMPBELL

No. A-9659.

373 S.W.2d 735 (1963)

WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. J. E. CAMPBELL, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cantey, Hanger, Gooch, Cravens & Scarborough, Sloan B. Blair and David O. Belew, Jr., of the firm, Ft. Worth, for petitioner.

Crumley & Hooper, R. E. Rouer, Ft. Worth, for respondent.


GREENHILL, Justice.

The plaintiff, J. E. Campbell, slipped and fell in a Western Auto store in Fort Worth. Among other things, the jury found that Western Auto was negligent in permitting a portion of its floor to be wet or covered with a foreign substance and that this was a proximate cause of Campbell's injury. It also found that Campbell had been warned of the condition of the floor and that Campbell failed to heed the warning. The jury found that it was not negligence...

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