Currey v. Krause

HALL, Chief Justice.

The appellant, W. B. Currey, filed this suit to recover damages on account of injuries alleged to have been sustained by his wife as the result of falling down a stairway of a building owned by the appellee, Mrs. Krause, and used as an office building in the town of New Braunfels.

The two grounds of negligence upon which recovery was sought are that appel-lee was negligent in permitting the edge of the step on which appellant's wife slipped and fell to become slick and smooth and slippery, and further in failing to equip the same with nonskid safety appliances.

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