City of Bishop v. South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.

OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

This case involves an appeal from a take nothing judgment in a property damage suit. The volunteer fire department of the City of Bishop, Texas, responded to a grass fire on the King Ranch which was allegedly caused by the negligence of South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. During the course of the fire, a fire truck owned by the City was destroyed. Following a jury trial, the trial court rendered a take nothing judgment. The City has appealed. The parties will henceforth be referred to as “plaintiff” and “defendant,” as they were in the trial court.

The jury, in…