Bishop v. Scharbauer

SPEER, Justice.

E. L. Bishop sued John Scharbauer in the 96th District Court of Tarrant County, for damages alleged to have been sustained from a fall, as he descended a flight of steps in defendant’s building.

Appellant based his suit upon the fact that he was a tenant in the office building of appellee, and that the latter had negligently failed to maintain proper lighting in the halls and stairways of said building on the occasion of the accident and as a proximate result of that negligence appellant fell and sustained serious injuries.

At the conclusion of appellant’s testimony, at the…