Watkins v. Southcrest Baptist Church

399 S.W.2d 530 (1966)

Mary A. WATKINS, Petitioner,

v.

SOUTHCREST BAPTIST CHURCH, Respondent.

No. A-10633.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 5, 1966.

Rehearing Denied March 9, 1966.

A. W. Salyars, Lubbock, for petitioner.

Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam, Cecil Kuhne, Lubbock, for respondent.

NORVELL, Justice.

Mary A. Watkins slipped and fell on the floor of the Southcrest Baptist Church of Lubbock, Texas. She brought suit for approximately $60,000 for her injuries, alleging that the church was negligent in permitting its floor to be in a slick and dangerous condition, or in failing to remove from the floor some…