HE Butt Grocery Company v. Rodriguez

OPINION

SHARPE, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment overruling appellant’s plea of privilege to be sued in Nueces County, Texas. The parties will sometimes be referred to as in the trial court; i. e., Mrs. Catalina Rodriguez (who was joined by her husband), as plaintiff, and H. E. Butt Grocery Company, a corporation, as defendant.

This is a “slip and fall” case in which plaintiff sued for damages in the 93rd District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas, on account of injuries allegedly sustained on April 5, 1967 when she stepped on a grape on the floor and fell in one of defendant’s grocery…