Wallace v. Horn

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for personal injuries brought by Billy D. Wallace individually and as next friend for his minor son Jeffrey Dean Wallace to recover damages as a result of a fall on the grounds of appel-lee’s motel in Brownsville, Texas. The trial court granted the appellee’s motion for summary judgment on the basis that as a matter of law there could be no liability of a landlord-owner under the undisputed facts asserted by the appellant.

The appellant, his wife, their two children, and the wife’s sister were paying guests at the Chateau International Travel Inn in…