National Hotel Co. v. Motley

FUNDERBURK, Justice.

In the trial court, Mecia Motley was plaintiff, and Texas Hotel Company, of Longview, Texas, and National Hotel Company, both corporations, were defendants. The suit is one to recover damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff by jumping from a third story window on the occasion of the burning of the Hotel Longview, on March 29, 1934. The claim of liability was based upon the tort of negligence.

The verdict of the jury upon special', issues submitted, found facts as follows:

That “on or about March 29, 1934, Mecia Motley sustained injury to her body on the occasion, of the…