Hatcher v. Mewbourn

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

Before daylight on the Sth day of July, 1967, Mr. Samuel E. Hatcher and Mr. Sherdie Kernon Mewbourn were in separate cars driving westward on Jefferson Boulevard in Dallas County, on their way to the places of their employment; their vehicles collided. Hatcher was driving a Chevrolet paneled truck, and Mewbourn operated a 1966 Ford Mustang. A moderate to heavy rain was falling. Both cars had headlights burning and windshield wipers working. In the area relevant to this case, Jefferson Boulevard was marked for three lanes of westward moving motor traffic. Hatcher…