Russell Construction Co. v. Ponder

Mr. Judge Hickman,

of the Commission of Appeals, deT livered the opinion for the Court.

In the trial court respondents O. C. Ponder and wife, Mrs. Myrtle May Ponder, were awarded damages against petitioner L. C. Russell, dping business as Russell Construction Company, on account of the death of their minor son, James Hilton Ponder, who lost his life in a collision between a bicycle on which he was riding and a truck owned by Russell. The trial court’s judgment was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 182 S. W. (2d) 857.

The truck was being operated. by Frank Reece, Jr., who was employed as a…