Legal Opinion
Department of Public Safety v. Gillaspie
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 10, 1952No. 12484PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Justice.
The trial court set aside an administrative order of the Department of Public Safety which suspended a license of an automobile owner under the provisions of the Texas Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act, Art. 6701h, Vernon’s Ann. Civ. Stats. The trial court so ordered because there was no proof that the owner’s fault caused the accident. The Department has appealed from that order.
On January 19, 1952, James D. Gillaspie, a fifteen-year-old minor, was driving an automobile owned by his father, D. C. Gillaspie. He was driving the automobile with the permission of his father…
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Gillaspie v. Department of Public SafetyTexas Supreme Court · 1953
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