FANNING, Justice.
On September 25, 1966, Sheila Rutledge Voyles, while a paying and ticket holding patron of Paramount Theatre at its midnight show in Marshall, Texas, was struck on the head by a whiskey bottle thrown by some unknown person from the balcony of the theatre as the spectators were filing out of the theatre after the movie had ended.
The case was tried to a jury on special issues relating to primary and contributory negligence. In response to...
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