Legal Opinion

Morriss v. Centex Paving Company

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 21, 1961No. 3641PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALTER, Justice.

Thomas A. Morriss, Jr., and wife filed suit against Centex Paving Company for personal injuries and property damage. Based on a verdict, the court rendered judgment for the defendant and the plaintiffs have appealed contending the court erred (1) in failing to disregard the jury’s answers to the special issues finding him guilty of failure to keep a proper lookout which was a proximate cause of the accident and they also contend there was no evidence to support the jury’s answers that Morriss failed to keep a proper lookout, which was a proximate cause of the accident (2) in…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. In Re King's EstateTexas Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Lynch v. RickettsTexas Supreme Court · 1958
  3. Cloud v. ZellersTexas Supreme Court · 1958
  4. Henry v. Publix Theatres Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1930
  5. English v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Bartosh v. Gulf Health Care Center-Galveston, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2005
  2. Wofford v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1964
  3. Eric Profaca and Kristaan Dale v. Breeze Coach Leasing, Inc., TMARE LLC, and Joseph Lyes, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2025
  4. Sandra Smothers Bartosh, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Jose De Alminana Smothers v. Gulf Health Care Center- Galveston and Ecolab, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2005
  5. Tiffany Gonzalez v. Blanca Hinojos Sanchez D/B/A E&G Sanchez Trucking, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2025

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