Brinlee v. Taylor Grain Co.

LOONEY, Justice.

W. C. Brinlee sued Taylor Grain Company, a corporation engaged in the grain business in the City of Van Alstyne, to recover damages for alleged injuries sustained by his wife, Ina Cecile Brinlee, resulting from a fall on the sidewalk, caused by the alleged negligence of the Company in placing cobs thereon; also in permitting them to remain, covered with dirt, upon which plaintiff’s wife stepped, the cobs rolling under her feet, causing her to fall with great force.

On submission to a jury, the defendant was convicted of actionable negligence in two respects: (1) That the cobs…