Standard Paving Co. v. Webb.

DUNKLIN, Chief Justice.

About 11:00 o’clock at night on July 16th, 1936, H. E. Webb started on a trip from Gainesville in the direction of Wichita Falls, on Highway Number 5. After he had gone about five miles distant from Gainesville, he suddenly discovered a truck standing partially on the pavement. In order to avoid collision with it, he swerved his car to the west. The car then skidded on the loose gravel that had been put over the pavement, and after skidding about 300 feet, turned over. At the time of the accident, the truck had been in use for the purpose of sprinkling the loose dirt on…