Southwestern Transfer Company v. Slay

KEITH, Justice.

The appeal is from an order overruling defendant’s plea of privilege to be sued in El Paso County. Plaintiff, proceeding in a southerly direction on U. S. Highway 59, a four-lane highway in San Jacinto County, was approaching a railroad underpass. A truck proceeding northerly was also approaching the underpass. Suddenly, there was a tremendous explosion, accompanied by a loud noise and the air was filled with debris and dust. A fork lift machine being transported upon the truck had been thrown to the road behind the truck; it bounced, hitting the esplanade, bounced again and…