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BUCHHOLZ v. STEITZ

No. 17531.

463 S.W.2d 451 (1971)

Heidi BUCHHOLZ, Appellant, v. Allen STEITZ et ux., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied February 12, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. A. Pritchard, Anderson, Henley, Shields, Bradford & Pritchard, Dallas, for appellant.

Gordon H. Rowe, Jr., Gardere, Porter & DeHay, Dallas, for appellees.

GUITTARD, Justice.

Plaintiff Heidi Buchholz was a guest in the home of defendants Lena and Allen Steitz and was injured when she opened what she took for a bathroom door and fell down a stairway into the basement. She alleged in her petition that defendants were negligent in failing to have the basement door locked, in failing to have the stairway lighted, and in failing to warn of the existence of the basement. She further alleged that the stairway behind the unlocked...

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