Beck v. Sheppard

STEAKLEY, Justice.

John Beck was the owner of a saddle horse named Duke who was pastured on a farm owned by Leonard Boyd. At about dusk on October 17, 1972, a Volkswagen automobile driven by Sylvia Irene Sheppard, in which her daughter llene was a passenger, collided with Duke on U.S. Highway 377, south of Denton, Texas. Mrs. Sheppard and her child suffered physical injuries, the automobile was demolished, and the horse was killed.

The suit at bar was subsequently filed by Mrs. Sheppard on her behalf and that of her daughter against John Beck; later, by amended petition, Leonard Boyd was also…