Legal Opinion
Watson v. Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided April 17, 1996No. 10-95-048-CVPublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Ronald Watson sued Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (Brazos) claiming that it was responsible for a fire that ravaged approximately 300 acres of his ranchland. The jury failed to find that any negligence of Brazos proximately caused the fire. After the court overruled Watson’s motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, he appealed.
Although Watson pled several theories of recovery, the court charged the jury only on his negligence claim — refusing to submit questions, instructions, and definitions on his other causes of action: nuisance, trespass, negligence per se, and…
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