Banks v. C. R. Anthony Co.

LONG, Justice.

The parties will carry the same designation here as in the trial court. Plaintiff C. L. Banks brought this suit against defendant C. R. Anthony Company for damages resulting from personal injuries suffered by his wife when she slipped and fell on a stairway in defendant’s retail store in Colorado City, Texas. Plaintiff relied upon the following grounds of negligence: (1) the failure of defendant to warn Mrs. Banks of the slippery condition at or near the bottom of the stairway; (2) the failure of defendant to have a hand rail at the bottom of the steps where Mrs. Banks fell ;…