Kelly v. Williams

YOUNG, Justice.

In a non-jury trial, appellee Williams had obtained a judgment against Warner M. Kelly, father of the minor Warner S. Kelly, pursuant to provisions of Article 5923-1 Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. An appeal therefrom was taken asserting primarily an unconstitutionality of the statute.

Appellant’s prefatory statement is quite general; and we must look to appellee’s brief for adequate portrayal of background of suit. The minor, Warner S. Kelly, aged 15, had stolen plaintiff’s Chevrolet car from a location in Dallas, undertaking to drive it to Denton, Texas. The boy had refused to stop at…