S.H. Kress & Co. v. Dyer

Appellees, M. S. Dyer and wife, Mrs. Amelia Dyer, instituted this suit to recover of appellant, S. H. Kress & Company, a corporation, damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by Mrs. Dyer as the result of negligence on the part of appellant. Appellant was, on the 23d day of July, 1930, engaged in the mercantile business in the city of Waco and maintained a storehouse situated on Austin avenue, where it sold goods, wares, and merchandise at retail to its customers. Mrs. Dyer, on the date aforesaid, entered appellant’s store for the purpose of ■making certain purchases.…