Villarreal v. M. G. & Johnnye D. Perry Foundation

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

This is a suit for damages arising from the death of Felipe Villarreal. Aurelia Rodriguez Villarreal, the wife of the deceased, brought suit against the Perry Foundation, a farming concern, and others alleging negligence in burning off some matted grass and that such negligence was a proximate cause of Felipe Villarreal’s death. The trial court granted the defendant’s motion for an instructed verdict on the basis that there was no evidence of probative value that any act or omission pled as negligence was a proximate cause of the death of Felipe Villarreal.

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