Patton-Worsham Drug Co. v. Drennon
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Fourth District, on error from Bexar County. Drennon sued the Drug Co. and recovered. Defendant appealed, and obtained writ of error on affirmance of the judgment.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ramsey
The defendant in error instituted this suit in the District Court of Bexar County to recover damages for injuries sustained by his wife, alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of one J. B. Lowry, who was averred to be an agent of the Patton-Worsham Drug Company. On a trial had on the 20th day of October, 1908, he recovered judgment against the Patton-Worsham Drug Company for the sum of $1,000, which judgment on appeal was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals.
The case involved-a number of questions, among others, the liability of the Drug Company, whose agency in the matter is…
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