Mattox v. CR Anthony Company

McNEILL, Justice.

Appellant Mrs. Hattie Mattox of Newton, her nine year old niece, and a maid on April 20, 1957, were shopping in the Beaumont store owned and operated by appellee C. R. Anthony Company. The store is a two-story structure and for the benefit of customers it has a stairway and in addition an escalator, both of which reach from the first to the second floors. The escalator is a moving structure of steps which operates at ari angle between the first and second floors, a distance measured along the escalator of about 65 steps.

On the occasion in question appellant and her companions…