Ellsworth v. Bishop Jewelry and Loan Co.

McCLUNG, Justice.

Jewell Ellsworth appeals from a take-nothing judgment rendered in a negligence action brought against Bishop Jewelry and Loan Company. Ellsworth brings forward eight points of error. We affirm.

On July 10, 1983, Mrs. Ellsworth was wounded and her husband killed when her younger brother, P.Q. Brown, shot them with a pistol he had purchased from Bishop three days earlier. Ellsworth brought suit against Bishop on a negligence per se theory, alleging violations of federal law in the sale of the pistol to Brown. Ellsworth’s initial petition also contained a cause of action alleging…