Buchanan v. State

MARTIN, Justice.

Appellant brought this suit against the state of Texas and the state highway department, alleging in part: “That heretofore, to-wit, on or about September 23rd, 1933, plaintiff, N. W. Buchanan, was standing on the side of his car riding down the streets of Tahoka in Lynn County, Texas; that while he was so riding down the streets of Tahoka, a truck belonging to the Highway Department of the State of Texas and operated by an' employee of the Highway Department of the State of Texas, and in conduct of the business of the Highway Department of the State of Texas, and while…