Pasadena State Bank v. J. B. Isaac

The Pasadena State Bank sued J. B. Isaac, doing business as the Pasadena Transfer Company, for damages to an electrical accounting machine belonging to the bank which Isaac had been employed to move from one location to another. In the handling of the machine by Isaacs employees it was so badly damaged that it had to be returned to the manufacturer for repairs. The total cost of repairs was $979.39, of which sum $600.00 was for new parts and the remaining $379.39 covered labor and transportation costs to and from the factory. The bank sued for the total cost of repairs, the case being tried before the court without a jury, and judgment was entered in favor of the defendant. Upon appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals the judgment of the trial court was reversed and rendered in favor of the Pasadena State Bank for the sum of $379.39, the labor and transportation costs. On this appeal no issue is presented with reference to liability, the defendant having been found guilty of certain acts of negligence, which were the proximate cause of the damages to the machine, and the defendant having been found not guilty of contributory negligence, with sufficient evidence in the record to sustain these findings.