Legal Opinion

Skillern & Sons, Inc. v. Paxton

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 10, 1956No. 3236PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLLINGS, Justice.

This suit was brought by Mrs. Mary T. Paxton against Skillern & Sons, Inc., seeking damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by Mrs. Paxton in a fall while leaving the Skillern drug store located in the Mercantile Bank Building in Dallas, Texas.

It was alleged by Mrs. Paxton that on or about December 4, 1953, while she was ninety-four years of age, she entered defendant’s drug store at the corner of Main and Ervay Streets through a revolving door; that she went into the store for the purpose of doing her Christmas shopping. She alleged that there was a…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Houston National Bank v. AdairTexas Supreme Court · 1948
  2. Hall v. Medical Bldg. of HoustonTexas Supreme Court · 1952
  3. Marshall v. San Jacinto Bldg., Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1933
  4. East Texas Motor Freight Lines v. LoftisTexas Supreme Court · 1949
  5. A. C. Burton Co. v. StasnyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Hope v. Seahorse, Inc.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1986
  2. Carrell v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
  3. Bazan v. CORPUS CHRISTI TRANSPORTATION COMPANYCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
  4. Bronwell v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980
  5. Bronwell v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980

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