SEARS ROEBUCK & COMPANY v. STILES

No. 4925.

457 S.W.2d 580 (1970)

SEARS ROEBUCK & COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. Aaron David STILES et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied September 10, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheehy, Jones, Cureton, Westbrook & Lovelace, L. Wayne Scott, Waco, for appellants.

Dunnam, Dunnam & Dunnam, Waco, for appellees.


OPINION

WILSON, Justice.

The issue in this appeal is the propriety of a judgment non obstante veredicto by which the court disregarded a jury finding of unavoidable accident and a negative answer to the special issue inquiring whether the driving of defendant's vehicle on the left side of the roadway was negligence.

The accident occurred on an interstate divided highway consisting of two lanes on each...

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