Leal v. Aluminum Company of America

443 S.W.2d 942 (1969)

Alexander Lelo LEAL, Appellant,

v.

ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA, Appellee.

No. 455.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

August 7, 1969.

Kligore & Cole, Emmett Cole, Jr., Victoria, Thomas R. Bell, Edna, for appellant.

Guittard, Henderson, Jones & Lewis, O. F. Jones, Victoria, for appellee.

OPINION

NYE, Justice.

This is a personal injury damage suit. The jury found the defendant negligent and the plaintiff contributorily negligent. The principal question upon appeal is one of jury misconduct. Proof of the alleged misconduct arose in an unusual manner. The trial court…