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WATSON v. PENCE CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION

No. 15670.

462 S.W.2d 81 (1970)

Francia K. WATSON, Guardian, etc., Appellant, v. PENCE CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied January 7, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foreman, Dyess, Prewett & Henderson, Houston, for appellant; A. D. Dyess, Houston, of counsel.

Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, John C. Williams, Wm. H. Payne, Sandra K. Foster, Houston, for appellee.

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is a suit to recover damages sustained by reason of a fall from a building under construction. It is alleged that the fall resulted from a failure of the general contractor to furnish an employee of a subcontractor a safe place to work. The trial court withdrew the case from the jury and entered a judgment denying the injured employee recovery.

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