Community Public Service Co. v. Gray

NEALON, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff (appellee in this court) sued defendant (appellant) for damages alleged to have been occasioned to plaintiff through the negligence of defendant, acting through its agent, W. C. Barnett. It was alleged that, a bottle-filling machine in plaintiff’s bottling plant at Fort Stockton had been so damaged through the negligence of defendant’s said representative as to impair its market value to the extent of $1,400, and that plaintiff was further damaged through loss of anticipated profits in the sum of $1,200.

The case was submitted upon special issues, in response to…