Legal Opinion
Mendez v. Knights of Columbus Hall
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 31, 1968No. 14687PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KLINGEMAN, Justice.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted defendant, The Knights of Columbus Hall, in a slip and fall case. Plaintiff Anita Mendez is the wife of Enrique H. Mendez, a member of the Ram Rodriguez Orchestra which had been employed to play for a New Year’s Eve dance being sponsored by the defendant at the Knights of Columbus Hall near Falfur-rias, Brooks County, Texas. Anita Mendez, while walking towards the bandstand from a table where she had been seated in said hall, slipped and fell and was injured as a result thereof.
Plaintiffs’ sole point of error is that the…
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