Southern Truck Leasing Company v. Manieri

WERLEIN, Justice.

Southern Truck Leasing Company, Inc., sued Russell T. Manieri, Jr., and his employer, Griffin Wellpoint Corporation, to recover damages to its truck and trailer, and Walter L. Rhoden, driver of the truck, also a party-plaintiff, sued to recover damages for personal injuries. Plaintiffs alleged that their respective damages resulted from a collision between such truck and a Lincoln automobile driven by ap-pellee, Manieri, on August 31, 1955, about nine miles west of Dayton on Highway 90 in Harris County, Texas. Manieri, acting by his next friend, Mrs. Russell T. Manieri, Sr.,…