Thompson v. Railway Express Agency

CODY, Justice.

This was an action brought by appellant against appellee Railway Express Co., Inc., and one of its truck drivers, appellee L. J. Stringer, to recover damages she sustained when she and a truck belonging to the Express Company, driven by Stringer, collided. The collision occurred at the intersection of Texas Avenue and San Jacinto Street, in Houston. Appellant was crossing Texas Avenue on foot when the accident occurred.

From an adverse judgment, appellant prosecutes her appeal on two grounds, (1) jury misconduct, and (2) an irreconcilable conflict in the answers of the jury to…