Bell Cab Company v. Vasquez

434 S.W.2d 714 (1968)

BELL CAB COMPANY, Inc., Appellant,

v.

Ascencion Gomez VASQUEZ et al., Appellees.

No. 14694.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. San Antonio.

October 16, 1968.

Rehearing Denied November 27, 1968.

Hubert W. Green, Jr., San Antonio, for appellant.

Frank R. Southers, Southers, Mendelsohn, Goldberg & Lyons, San Antonio, for appellees.

BARROW, Chief Justice.

This appeal relates primarily to the application of the humanitarianism or rescue doctrine. A judgment non obstante veredicto was entered whereby appellee Edward Vasquez recovered damages from appellant in the sum of $3,170,…