Southwestern Freight Lines v. McConnell

McGILL, Justice.

In this case appellee as plaintiff in a trial before a jury recovered a judgment against appellant as defendant for $4,310.50 as compensatory damages for personal injuries suffered by him, and medical, hospital and ambulance expenses necessarily incurred as a result thereof.

The injuries grew out of an accident which occurred on the morning of April 1, 1951, near the intersection of Overland Street and Cotton Avenue, in the city of El Paso, Texas. The defendant’s employee was driving a tractor with a heavily loaded trailer attached, east on Overland Street. When he attempted to…