HE Butt Grocery Company v. Perez

CADENA, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court of Webb County overruling the plea of privilege of defendant, H. E. Butt Grocery Company, a corporation domiciled in Corpus Christi, Nueces County.

Plaintiff, Elsa R. Perez, joined by her husband, filed this suit to recover for physical injuries suffered by her due to fright, emotional shock and physical exertion resulting from her encounter, in the City of Laredo, Webb County, with an elephant which had escaped from the parking lot of a grocery store operated by defendant in that city.

The first count of the petition alleges…