Grice v. Hennessy

BARROW, Justice.

Horace Grice, Jr., as plaintiff, instituted suit in the District Court of Cameron County, Texas, for the recovery of damages because of personal injuries alleged to have been proximately caused by the negligence of defendant, D. J. (Buster) Hennessy. After a trial, with the aid of a jury, judgment was entered upon the answers of the jury to the special issues submitted, that plaintiff take nothing by his suit. It is from this “take-nothing judgment” that plaintiff has prosecuted the appeal.

The pertinent facts are as follows: Appellant was injured by a pile driver hammer being…