Lopez v. Lone Star Beer, Inc. of Corpus Christi

OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

This is an appeal from a take nothing judgment rendered after a jury trial against Trinidad R. Lopez, plaintiff below and appellant herein, in favor of Lone Star Beer, Inc. of Corpus Christi, defendant below and appellee herein. The parties will be referred to here as they were in the trial court.

Plaintiff sued defendant to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him on October 14, 1968, when a truck, owned by defendant and operated by its employee, Joe Martinez, backed into him.

In view of both law and factual questions presented in this appeal, a somewhat…