F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Goldston
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
STOKES, Justice.
This suit was filed by appellees, Ed Gold-ston and his wife, Mae Goldston, against appellant, a private corporation, for damages alleged to have been suffered by Mrs. Goldston from a fall received by her in appellant’s store at Vernon on the 23rd of December, 1939. They alleged that Mrs. Goldston entered the store for the purpose of purchasing some articles of merchandise and that after purchasing the same, and as she was in the act of departing, she slipped upon a banana peel which precipitated a fall from which she received serious personal injuries. Negligence was…
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