Lynch v. Alex. Ortleib & Co.

GAMES, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought originally by plaintiffs in error to recover of defendant in error damages for an injury to a stock of merchandise, alleged.to have been caused by the falling of the wall of a building which defendant had leased to plaintiffs. The accident occurred in April, 1880, and the original petition was filed on the 30th day of the same month. There was a trial before a jury, which resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiffs. This judgment was reversed by this court and the cause remanded. Lynch v. Ortleib, 70 Texas, 727. The case was first tried upon…