Corpus Christi Speedway, Inc. v. Morton

NORVELL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment for $6,125 in favor of Haflie E. Morton and against Corpus Christi Speedway, Inc. The appellant was the operator of an automobile racing track or speedway, and appellee, shortly before he was injured, had been driving a car in a race being staged at the track. Morton’s vehicle had been rendered immobile by a collision with another car and he had stepped over the guard rail of the track, with the intention of going either to the pits or the grandstand, when he was struck by an object later, identified as a bottle. He thereupon attempted to…