Gill v. Minter

NORVELL, Justice.

This is a guest statute case, Article 6701b, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.Stats., which terminated in an instructed verdict for defendants. Appellant concedes that there is no evidence of liability against Merton Minter Sr., hut contends that the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to appellant, is sufficient to show gross negligence on the part of the appellee Merton Minter Jr. The descriptive words of the statute relating to negligence have the same meaning as the term “gross negligence.” Bowman v. Puckett, 144 Tex. 125, 188 S.W.2d 571. In Texas Pac. Coal & Oil Co. v.…