HE Butt Grocery Company v. Vaught

CADENA, Justice.

Defendant, H. E. Butt Grocery Company, a corporation domiciled in Nueces County, appeals from the order of a district court of Bexar County overruling its plea of privilege.

Plaintiff, William D. Vaught, filed this suit in Bexar County to recover for personal injuries allegedly sustained by him when he slipped and fell as a result of stepping on some slippery substance which had been spilled on the floor of defendant’s grocery store in Bexar County. The petition alleged that defendant was negligent in failing to make a proper inspection of the floor, in failing to discover and…