Jones v. State Fair of Texas

JACKSON, Justice.

This suit was instituted by the appellants Mrs. Gladys Jones and husband, H. W. Jones, in the District Court of Dallas County against the corporate appellees, State Fair of Texas, Texas Centennial Central Exposition and the City of Dallas, a municipal corporation, to recover damages in the sum of $25,000 for personal injuries claimed to have been sustained by Mrs. Jones on account of the negligence of the appellees, their agents, servants and employees.

Appellants alleged that two high school football teams of Dallas played a game of football on November 15, 1935, in the State…