BROWNSVILLE NAVIGATION DIST. v. VALLEY ICE & FUEL CO.

No. 13320.

313 S.W.2d 104 (1958)

BROWNSVILLE NAVIGATION DISTRICT, Appellant, v. VALLEY ICE & FUEL COMPANY, Inc., et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter, Stiernberg, Skaggs & Koppel, Harlingen, for appellant.

Cox, Wagner, Adams & Wilson, John W. Bartram, Brownsville, for appellees.


POPE, Justice.

Brownsville Navigation District sued the Valley Ice & Fuel Company, Inc., and Steve Mencsik for negligently setting fire to a pier which plaintiff owned at the Port of Brownsville. After a trial by jury, the court rendered judgment against plaintiff District. The jury found that the defendant Ice Company was negligent in using an oxygen acetylene torch on the pier without having available a fire-watcher, a fire extinguisher or a water hose, and...

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