Johnson v. Coggeshall

SHANNON, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order overruling appellants’ pleas of privilege and pertains to Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 1995, subdivisions 9a and 29a (1964).

Appellees Harold Coggeshall, Delta Transport, Inc., and Jose Cardenas sued appellants James R. Johnson and Mary Johnson, husband and wife, for damage to and loss of use of a 1969 Kenworth truck. The truck, while being driven by Cardenas, was involved in a collision with a Volkswagen bus driven by Mary Johnson.

In their trial petition appellees pleaded that Mary Johnson was negligent in operating her vehicle upon the wrong…