O. C. Whitaker Co. v. Hall

STOKES, Justice.

This is a common law action for damages for personal injuries instituted by the ap-pellee, Hartman Hall, against the appellant, O. C. Whitaker Company, a corporation. The record reveals that on December 17, 1940, appellee, who lived at Winnie in Chambers County, borrowed the automobile of a friend, in which to go to Beaumont to consult a dentist. After transacting his business at Beaumont and while upon the highway returning home, shortly after noon, the automobile in which he was riding became involved in a collision with a pickup truck coming from the opposite direction,…