Marsh v. Williams

COMBS, Justice.

This was an action by appellee, Mrs. Maggie Williams, against appellant, Mrs. Ada Marsh, for damages for personal injuries. The following facts found by the jury, answering special issues, indicate the nature of the suit: On the 23rd day of June, 1940, appellee “accompanied” appellant to Liberty, riding with appellant in her automobile, which appellant drove. Driving at a rate of speed in excess of 45 miles per hour, appellant turned her automobile over, injuring appellee. The rate of speed at which she was driving was negligence and a proximate cause “of the overturning of the…