Wood v. Orts

MURRAY, Justice.

This is a suit under the so-called guest statutes. Art. 6701b, Vernon’s Ann.Civ. Stats.

E. P. Orts was the owner and driver of the automobile. Mrs. Edna Wood, A. N. Mathis and Miss Rose Prather were his guests in the automobile. While returning, from Matamoros, Mexico, to San Benito, Texas, the automobile struck five guard posts and crashed into the abutment of a bridge on their left-hand side of the road. Mrs. Wood and A. N. Mathis were killed, and Miss Rose Prather and E. P. Orts were injured. William Scott Wood, son of Mrs. Edna Wood, suing through his guardian, Mrs. Sophie…