Morton v. Jasper

YOUNG, Justice.

Mrs. Addie Jasper, as plaintiff, brought suit against G. C. Morton and Lee Mitchell, copartners doing business under the trade name of Morton Potato Chip Company, for damages growing out of personal injuries; alleging same to have been sustained as the result of a collision between a truck of appellants’, operated by their employe, R. C. Tennison, and Mrs. Jasper, while she was crossing Collett Street, Dallas. In a jury trial on special issues, a verdict and judgment in the sum of $2,000 were rendered for plaintiff, she being absolved of contributory negligence.

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