Legal Opinion

City of Houston v. Shilling

Texas Supreme Court

Decided June 13, 1951No. A-3069Published

1Opinion of the Court

240 S.W.2d 1010 (1951)

CITY OF HOUSTON

v.

SHILLING.

No. A-3069.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 13, 1951.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 1951.

Will Sears, City Atty., and Richard H. Burks, Asst. City Atty., Houston, for petitioner.

Bracewell & Tunks, Houston, for respondent.

SMITH, Justice.

Respondent, Mrs. Birdie Shilling, instituted this suit against the petitioner, City of Houston, to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by her as the result of a collision between a garbage truck owned and operated by the city and an automobile, which she was driving. Trial was to the jury which resulted in a…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Workman v. New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  2. City of Houston v. QuinonesTexas Supreme Court · 1944
  3. City of Amarillo v. WareTexas Supreme Court · 1931
  4. City of Dallas v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1937
  5. Augustine v. Town of BrantNew York Court of Appeals · 1928

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