McLean v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc.

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by appellant, Marrs McLean, against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation doing business in Texas, to recover for damages resulting from an accident caused by a blowout of an automobile tire. The petition alleges that the defect was latent and not discernible by ordinary inspection when the tire was purchased and when plaintiff received it he considered it safe to use. Error is assigned to the direction of a verdict for defendant at the close of the evidence.

Undisputed evidence shows that defendant is a Delaware corporation…