Legal Opinion
Leonard Bros. v. Newton
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 30, 1934No. 12965PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LATTIMORE, Justice.
This is on appeal from a judgment for damages for personal injuries.
Appellant conducts a general merchandise store. Appellee, a newspaper vendor, was there to purchase oranges. A high wind was blowing and a window of the store was dislodged and fell upon appellee, injuring him so that he was confined for two weeks in a hospital. The jury awarded him $504.
Appellee pleaded his case “res ipsa loquitur.” The exceptions to the petition sought to compel (him to specify the details of the negligence charged. We believe the exceptions should have been overruled. The window was…
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