Stowe v. City of Corpus Christi

WALTER, Justice.

This is an appeal by A. R. Stowe, a suspended policeman, from a summary judgment in favor of the City of Corpus Christi.

The evidence reveals that police officers of the City of Corpus Christi were on routine patrol on the night of February 24, 1959, when they saw officer Stowe emerging from the Village Liquor Store. Stowe was a police officer for the City of Corpus Christi but was not on duty. When Stowe saw the police car, he ran to his automobile which was in front of the liquor store. He was carrying approximately ten bottles of liquor at the time; he put the bottles in the…