Lewis v. Halbert

HICKMAN, Chief Justice.

In accordance with the provisions of Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St., article 2687a, enacted at the First Called Session of the Forty-First Legislature (1929), chapter 42, the trustees, of Conaway school district No. 23, Mitchell comity, entered into a contract with Lynn Halbert, principal of the school, for the latter to drive a bus owned by the school district for the transportation of children to and from school. By the terms of the contract, the trustees agreed to furnish, and the facts disclose that they did furnish, the bus operated by Halbert. In consideration of a salary…