Legal Opinion · Dissent

Haden Co. v. Riggs

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 25, 1935No. 10074Published

1DissentGraves, Justice

The considerations prompting the dissent are these:

1. Since this court’s judgment of rendition holding that the evidence established as a matter of law that Bright was an independent contractor sets at naught the verdict and judgment rendered below upon findings on special issues to the effect that Robertson, the driver of the truck in question, was an employee of the Haden Company, and that Bright, the owner of the truck, was not an independent contractor, the sole question is whether or not the evidence for the plaintiff below raised the issue of Robertson’s being such an employee.'

2. The…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Joske v. IrvineTexas Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Wininger v. Ft. Worth & Denver City Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Texas Employers' Ins. v. OwenTexas Commission of Appeals · 1927
  4. Harpold v. MossTexas Supreme Court · 1908
  5. King v. GallowayTexas Commission of Appeals · 1926

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