Jancik v. Thompson

SUTTON, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of the 92nd District Court of Hidalgo County, entered on an instructed verdict. J. E. Jancik, the surviving partner of the firm of Self & Jancik, sued Guy A. Thompson, Trustee for the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway Company, to -recover damages alleged to have been sustained to a car of green wrapped tomatoes-, consisting of 780 lugs. When plaintiff rested his case the Court sustained a motion made by the defendant to instruct a verdict in his favor and rendered judgment accordingly that plaintiff take nothing.

The sole issue and question…