RT Herrin Petroleum Transport Co. v. Proctor

338 S.W.2d 422 (1960)

R. T. HERRIN PERTROLEUM TRANSPORT CO. et al., Petitioners,

v.

Laura PROCTOR, Respondent.

No. A-7304.

Supreme Court of Texas.

July 13, 1960.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 1960.

James Pearson, Sweetwater, for petitioners.

Mays, Leonard & Moore, Sweetwater, Leachman, Gardere, Akin & Porter, Dallas, for respondent.

NORVELL, Justice.

This action arose from a truck-automobile collision which took place on State Highway No. 70 about four miles south of Sweetwater, Texas at approximately 7:00 o'clock on the evening of August 27, 1957. Orval H. Proctor and a woman companion were riding in…