Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co. v. Wells

HALE, Justice.

Appellees instituted this suit against Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company, J. H. Jackson and O. L. Fletcher for the recovery of damages on account of injuries resulting in the death of Charles S. Wells. The deceased was operating a 1937 Ford V-8 coupe going south over the Waco-Dallas highway at about 10:30 o’clock on the morning of February 9, 1937, and appellant Jackson, hereafter referred to as the truck driver, was operating a 1936 Chevrolet oil truck going north over said highway when the two vehicles came into violent collision near the east margin of the concrete portion of…