Legal Opinion

Merryman v. Zeleny

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided September 16, 1940No. 5190PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JACKSON, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted in the County Court of Castro County by the plaintiff, Frank Zeleny, against the defendant, Clyde Merryman, to recover the sum of $363 damages on account of a collision of the defendant’s truck with the truck and trailer of the plaintiff.

We shall designate the parties as in the trial court.

The plaintiff alleged thaf the collision occurred in Castro County and was occasioned by the negligence of the defendant, his servant, agent and employee who operated the truck on the left side of the highway at an excessive rate of speed and failed to keep a…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Compton v. ElliottTexas Supreme Court · 1935
  2. Simmonds v. St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1936
  3. National Cash Register Co. v. RiderTexas Commission of Appeals · 1930
  4. Gordon v. Texas & Pacific Mercantile & Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1916
  5. Dennes v. Jefferson Meat Market, Inc.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Hunsucker v. Omega Industries, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1983
  2. English Freight Co. v. PrestonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1947
  3. Hunsucker v. Omega Industries, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1983
  4. Kellogg Sales Co. v. StangeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941

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