Legal Opinion

Harrison v. Southwest Coaches, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 5, 1947No. 2610PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

W. H. Harrison, for himself and as next friend of his minor son, Don Ray Harrison, sued the Southwest Coaches, Inc., for damages caused by an injury to the minor while he was a passenger on the defendant’s motor bus enroute from Dallas to Hamlin.

Plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that while the bus was going west it \;'vas being driven over the center stiipe on the highway, to its left, when it met t. truck going east that broke the rear viewtmirror on the bus and struck and broke Don Ray Harrison’s elbow which was protruding from a bus window.

The jury refused to find…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. City of Houston v. QuinonesTexas Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. ConleyTexas Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. ConleyTexas Supreme Court · 1924
  4. Texas Employers' Insurance v. MallardTexas Supreme Court · 1944
  5. International & Great Northern Railroad v. HallorenTexas Supreme Court · 1880

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Skyline Cab Co. v. BradleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1959
  2. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
  3. Malone-Hogan Hospital Clinic Foundation, Inc. v. City of Big SpringCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956
  4. Rash v. RossCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1963
  5. San Antonio Transit Co. v. McCurryCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1948

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