Legal Opinion
Riverbend Country Club v. Patterson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 26, 1965No. 4010PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER, Justice.
Chambers A. Patterson recovered a judgment for $17,500.00 against Riverbend Country Club as damages for injuries he sustained when he was struck by a golf cart driven by an alleged employee of the Riverbend Country Club.
The Club has appealed. It contends there was no evidence to support the jury’s answers that Hector Andrade was its employee acting in the course of his employment at the time he backed the cart into Mr. Patterson.
The court gave the following approved definitions:
“An employee is defined as ‘every person in the service of another under any contract of hire,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In Re King's EstateTexas Supreme Court · 1951
- Broaddus v. LongTexas Supreme Court · 1940
- Claremont Country Club v. Industrial Accident CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917
- Indian Hill Club v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1923
- Essex County Country Club v. ChapmanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1934
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Common Council of Peru v. Peru Daily Tribune, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1982
- Brentwood Financial Corp. v. Lamprecht, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1987
- Melton v. Dallas County Child Welfare Unit of the Texas Department of Human ResourcesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Brown v. Village of ShipmanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
- Kachmar v. Stewart Title CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
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