McKENZIE EQUIPMENT, INC. v. HESS OIL & CHEMICAL CORP.

No. 278.

446 S.W.2d 903 (1969)

McKENZIE EQUIPMENT, INC. d/b/a McKenzie Equipment Company, Appellant, v. HESS OIL & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied November 19, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene J. Pitman, DeLange, Hudspeth, Pitman & Katz, Houston, for appellant.

Knox D. Nunnally, Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Houston, for appellee.


BARRON, Justice.

This is an appeal by plaintiff below, McKenzie Equipment, Inc., from an adverse judgment of the District Court of Harris County, Texas, in a suit for property damages brought against Hess Oil & Chemical Corporation, bailee of an aircompressor rented from McKenzie Equipment, Inc. The cause was tried before a jury and submitted upon special issues on a negligence theory. Appellant timely objected to such submission and contended that the liability...

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