Thomas v. Bruza

Appellant sued to recover damages alleged to have resulted from injuries suffered from a blow adminis tered to him by one Peter Chavez, a drunk man. The parties were in a saloon whose proprietor had been requested on numerous occasions not to furnish Mr. Chavez alcoholic beverages sufficient to cause him “to become intoxicated thereon.” After the jury had been empaneled and a witness had been sworn, defendants’ objection to the first question and to plaintiff’s motion to amend his complaint having been sustained, defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings was granted. Now, on appeal it…