Refugio Refinery v. Speed

MURRAY, Justice.

This suit was instituted by Guy B. Speed against the Refugio Refinery, a corporation, seeking to recover damages resulting to him personally and to his automobile, when his automobile collided with a truck owned by the defendant and operated by one of its employees.

The collision occurred on February 16, 1938, about 5:30 A. M., on U. S. Highway No. 281, in Jim Wells County, Texas, between the towns of Falfurrias and Alice, in fact, near the little town of Premont. Plaintiff and his wife were traveling north on the highway and the truck owned by the defendant was traveling south…