Edwards v. Montgomery Ward & Co.

ANDERSON, Justice.

This suit was instituted by G. C. Edwards and his wife, Artelia, against Montgomery Ward and Company, Inc., to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by Mrs. Edwards on or about December 9, 1946, when she fell while shopping in the defendant’s store in Beaumont, Texas. Trial to a jury resulted in an instructed verdict and a judgment in favor of the defendant.

The parties will be referred to as in the trial court, Mr. and Mrs. Edwards as plaintiffs, and Montgomery Ward and Company, Inc., as defendant.

The plaintiffs alleged that the manner in which…