Lester v. Weddle

SELLERS, Justice.

Joe E. Weddle and wife brought this suit to recover for the death of their eight-year-old son who was struck by a truck and trailer loaded with calves belonging to T. L. Lester, the appellant herein, who was driving the truck at the time of the collision and death of Jim E. Weddle, ap-pellees’ son. The accident happened about 8 o’clock in the morning on November 7, 1966. Visibility was good. The Weddles lived on Highway 19, some two miles south of the town of Emory in Rains County, Texas. The appellant with his load of cattle was driving south on Highway 19 at a speed of…