Reed v. Bates

On the night of December 21, 1927, ap-pellee, Thomas Bates, was riding in a truck owned by Artie lee Company, at that time being operated by Randolph Morris, on Dallas avenue, in the city of Houston. At the intersection of Dallas avenue with St. Emanuel street there was a collision between the truck and one of Robert Reed’s taxicabs. This was a suit by appellee against appellant Robert Reed and the Fidelity American Insurance Company, with whom Reed had a policy of indemnity in the sum of $2,500. Appellee pleaded several grounds of negligence against appellants, which were sent to the jury by…