Legal Opinion
Morris v. Burney
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 18, 1974No. 17466PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BREWSTER, Justice.
By trial time the case before the trial court had boiled down to one wherein the plaintiff, Don H. Morris, was suing the defendant, H. L. “Dee” Burney, for $1000.00 damages. These damages were allegedly caused Morris when Burney’s employee, while acting within the course of his employment for Burney in delivering ready mixed concrete to Morris’ premises, negligently backed a truck into a tree on Morris’ premises which negligence proximately caused the breaking of a limb from said tree. The plaintiff alleged that this broken limb resulted in the value of his realty…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Ward v. CatheyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
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3Cited by5 opinions
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