Oliver v. Hutson

COUNTISS, Justice.

Appellant, Geraldine Oliver, presents a single point of error contending the trial court should not have granted the motion for instructed verdict by appellees, Nathan and Sandra Hutson, because she presented sufficient evidence entitling her to submit her case to the jury. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

On the evening of March 1, 1975, an explosion and fire substantially damaged a residence in the city of Lubbock owned by Oliver and occupied by the Hutsons as her tenants. The Hutsons had been in the residence during the day and…