Stallings v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury and assessed a penalty of $2,000.00 upon a complaint which alleges that he did, on November 1, 1951, cause a commercial motor vehicle to travel on the left-hand side of a public highway, being U. S. Highway No. 87 in Hartley County, at a time when the same was not clear and unobstructed for a distance of at least 50 yards; and that he did, by negligence and carelessness, cause the death of Helen Freeman, Chester Dye, Rogene Jones, and Bowdry Bloxom. It is further alleged that in so doing he caused the mo tor vehicle driven by him to collide…