Schuhmacher Co. v. Holcomb

Mr. Judge Hickman,

of the Commission of Apeáis, delivered the opinion for the Court.

Paul B. Holcomb, for himself and as next friend of his minor daughter, Maurine Holcomb, sued petitioner, the Schuhmacher Company, for damages for injuries sustained as the result of a collision between the automobile in which the Holcombs were riding and a truck belonging to petitioner and being operated by one of its employees. In response to special issues the jury found that the collision and resulting injuries were proximately caused by the negligence of petitioner’s driver (a), in driving the truck down…