Baker v. Missouri Pacific Truck Lines, Inc.

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

Jesse Baker, Jr., (Baker), plaintiff in the trial court, appeals from a summary judgment granted to Missouri Pacific Truck Lines, Inc. (Missouri Pacific), the defendant in the trial court, in a case growing out of a contract involving the hauling or moving of freight shipped to Victoria, Texas, by Missouri Pacific. The judgment will be affirmed in part, and in part reversed and remanded.

For a number of years Missouri Pacific had contracted with Adolph Pesek to distribute its freight in the Victoria area. Pe-sek’s health was not good, and he approached Baker about buying…