Brooks v. State

BAUGH, Justice.

Pursuant to a resolution of the Legislature authorizing such suit against the state, appellant, plaintiff below, sued the state for damages for personal injuries received by him as an employee of the state highway department while repairing a state highway in Schleicher county. The injuries received were alleged to have been caused by the negligence of another employee of the state as driver of one of the gravel trucks of the state by suddenly backing same into him while engaged in repairing such highway. The recovery sought was predicated upon the negligence of such fellow…