Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Smith

CODY, Justice.

This was a suit by appellees Curtis William Smith and Willie Fay Smith to recover from appellant damages on account of personal injuries sustained by the said Willie Fay Smith while an employee of appellant. Trial to a jury resulted in a verdict for $10,000.00, and judgment was accordingly rendered for appellees against appellant.

Appellees alleged in substance, among other things, that on the 5th day of August, 1950, while she was employed as a clerk in the meat department of appellant’s grocery store in Galveston, Mrs. Smith sustained the personal injuries in question when a…