Strickland v. City of Houston

PRESSLER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a take nothing judgment holding that Appellant’s claim against the City of Houston was not duly verified as required in the City Charter’s notice provision. Appellant sued for damages resulting from a collision in which a City truck driven by a City employee struck the car of the Appellant from the rear. At trial it was stipulated that on September 18, 1978 the employee of the City of Houston, was in the course and scope of his employment at the time of the collision. Appellant testified that immediately after the incident she telephoned the City to…