Legal Opinion
Dawes v. J. C. Penney & Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 1, 1951No. 2938PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALE, Justice.
Appellants, Donald Dawes and wife, sued appellee for damages on account of personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Dawes on April 20, 1949, when she slipped and fell on the terrazzo-tiled entrance way to Penney’s department store at Corpus Christi, Texas, while she was attempting to enter the store. The suit was grounded upon allegations of actionable negligence on the part of appellee in failing to maintain the entrance way into its store in a reasonably safe condition, the alleged negligence being in substance as follows: in having constructed the entrance way into its store of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Houston National Bank v. AdairTexas Supreme Court · 1948
- Carlisle v. J. Weingarten, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1941
- H. E. Butt Grocery Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
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3Cited by13 opinions
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