Sears, Roebuck & Company v. Hollingsworth

293 S.W.2d 639 (1956)

SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY, Petitioner,

v.

Lura Barbara HOLLINGSWORTH, Respondent.

No. A-5661.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 27, 1956.

Rehearing Denied October 10, 1956.

Fischer, Wood, Burney & Nesbitt, Corpus Christi, for petitioner.

Harold Alberts, Corpus Christi, for respondent.

CALVERT, Justice.

Respondent sued petitioner for damages resulting from allegedly fraudulent representations made to her by petitioner's employees by which she was induced to buy and use certain plastic bathroom tile.

After the suit was filed, respondent, on January 27, 1955, voluntarily submitted herself to…