Burton v. Billingsly

STOKES, Justice.

This suit was instituted by appellant, James A. Burton, against appellees, L. B. Billingsly and J. M. Cook, Jr., to recover damages for personal injuries received by appellant in a collision between his automobile and one being operated by appellee Cook on May 5, 1936, at about 4 o’clock in the afternoon. The collision occurred on Columbia Avenue in the city of Dallas. Cook was an employee of Billingsly, who was doing business at Dallas under the trade name of Billingsly Machinery & Supply Company. Cook had been on a trip to Arkansas where he had delivered some machinery to a…