Texas Highway Department v. Broussard

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Charles Broussard, plaintiff, obtained substantial amount by judgment against defendants for personal injuries resultant from the wrecking of his dump-truck. Defendants Texas Highway Department and State of Texas have appealed therefrom.

Reversed; judgment rendered that Broussard take nothing by his suit for personal injuries.

The time of the event in question antedated the comparative negligence statute, so that if Broussard were justifiably held to have been contributorily negligent in any degree, with such contributory negligence amounting to a proximate cause of…