WATSON v. BRAZOS ELEC. POWER CORP., INC.

No. 10-95-048-CV.

918 S.W.2d 639 (1996)

Ronald D. WATSON, Appellant, v. BRAZOS ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Overruled April 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven H. Stodghill, Lynn, Stodghill, Melsheimer & Tillotson, L.L.P., Dallas, David B. Christian, Meridian, for appellant.

Theron Hale, Murphy, Moore & Bell, Fort Worth, for appellee.

Before CUMMINGS and VANCE, JJ.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Ronald Watson sued Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (Brazos) claiming that it was responsible for a fire that ravaged approximately 300 acres of his ranchland. The jury failed to find that any negligence of Brazos proximately caused the fire. After the court overruled Watson's motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, he appealed.

Although Watson pled several theories of recovery, the court charged the jury only...

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