JC Penney Company v. Duran

KLINGEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a damage suit in favor of Maria De La Luz Duran, appellee here and plaintiff below, against J. C. Penney Company and Rafael Avila, appellants here and defendants below, in the amount of $3,000.00, after a jury trial. The parties will be referred to herein as in the trial court.

Although none of the parties raise the issue of jurisdiction of this Court to hear this appeal, we will first consider whether we have such jurisdiction.

This suit was filed by Maria De La Luz Duran, independently and as next friend of Alberto Duran, a minor,…