Legal Opinion
S. H. Kress & Company v. H. A. Telford
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 6, 1957No. 15956PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought by appellee to recover damages for injuries sustained by his wife when she slipped and fell in appellant’s store at Sherman, Texas, on October 5,1954. Trial to a jury resulted in a verdict for appellee for $5,000.00, and from the judgment entered thereon this appeal is taken. The only error specified, raised by motions for directed verdict and judgment n. o. v., relates to the sufficiency of the testimony to show any negligence of appellant supporting the verdict.
The testimony, hereafter summarized and quoted in most pertinent part, shows that at…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. BehymerSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Wells v. Texas Pacific Coal Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1942
- Williams v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- S. S. Kresge Co. v. HollandCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1946
- Rogers v. CollierCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Thomas Santomarco, Libellant v. United States of America, and American Stevedores, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Safeway Stores Incorporated v. BozemanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1965
- Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Joseph W. DialCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Fritts v. CollinsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1962
- JC Penney Company v. HooverSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1966
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