Coffee v. F. W. Woolworth Co.

*794OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

This is a negligence case against a storekeeper. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Coffee sued F. W. Woolworth Company and Woolco Department Store to recover damages for Mrs. Coffee’s injuries she sustained while shopping in defendants’ store in Corpus Christi, Texas, on December 15, 1970. In a trial to a jury the plaintiffs received favorable liability and damage findings. The trial court, however, rendered a take nothing judgment, non obstante veredicto, against the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs appeal.

While shopping in appellees’ retail store, Mrs. Coffee tripped and fell over an empty…