Legal Opinion
Comet Motor Freight Lines v. Holmes
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 21, 1943No. 2542PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICE, Chief Justice.
In a trial to the court, without the intervention of a jury, judgment was rendered awarding to Mrs. Grace Holmes and her minor daughter, Laura Louise Holmes,, the sum of $15,000 by way of damages, against appellants Homer Crabb and Comet Motor Freight Lines because of fatal injuries allegedly inflicted on the person of Benton Holmes, husband and father respectively of appellees, by the alleged negligence of appellants. From the joint and several judgment appellants have perfected their appeal.
No request was made for the filing by the trial judge of his findings of fact and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. ShoemakerTexas Supreme Court · 1905
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. PorterTexas Supreme Court · 1889
- Lanford v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1936
- Corn v. First Texas Joint Stock Land Bank of HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939
- Metropolitan Casualty Ins. Co. v. WoodyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Bolstad v. EglesonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1959
- Davis Transport, Inc. v. BolstadCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956
- Otis Elevator Company v. Marshall L. Robinson and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, IntervenerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Comet Motor Freight Lines, Inc. v. HolmesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1947
- Redman v. BennettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
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