Moughon v. Wolf

McGEE, Justice.

This is a personal injury suit resulting from an automobile accident. The principal issues involved on this appeal are: (1) whether the evidence establishes as a matter of law a violation of a statutory duty constituting negligence per se; (2) whether there is any evidence of a legally acceptable excuse for the violation of such a statute.

During the early morning hours of November 29, 1974, Carol Moughon’s automobile, which was traveling in a westerly direction on a Houston city street, veered across the roadway center stripe into oncoming traffic and collided with the Wolfs’…