Legal Opinion
De Baca v. Kahn
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided August 1, 1945No. 4891PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUJAN, Justice.
Plaintiffs, husband and wife, commenced this action against defendant for damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff, Cle-ofas C. de Baca, from a fall in defendant’s store alleged to have been caused by the careless and negligent maintenance of ^he floor. Defendant denied that he was negligent and pleaded the defense of contributory negligence.
The material allegations of negligence were: That the floor, as plaintiffs are informed and believe, had been oiled on the night previous to the accident and that the . surface had been left wet,. slick and slippery and in a…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- J.C. Penny Co. v. RobinsonOhio Supreme Court · 1934
- Zahniser v. Pennsylvania Torpedo Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- Manning v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Medler v. HenryNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1940
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Dudley v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1948
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