Court of Appeals of Texas April 17, 1967, 7708 (Bass v. Cummings)

CHAPMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment rendered for defendant below, Russell Cummings, son-in-law of plaintiff-appellant, Vera Bass, in a suit by the mother-in-law for personal injuries resulting from a fall

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when a throw rug on a landing three steps above the basement floor in the Cummings’ home slipped under her footing as she was proceeding down the stairs into the