Legal Opinion
American Casualty & Life Co. v. McCracken
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 25, 1943No. 2385PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRISSOM, Justice.
On the night of January 13, 1942, Dr. McCracken was driving his automobile from Fort Worth to his home in Mineral Wells. About three miles from Mineral Wells he drove around a curve and upon a railroad track which intersected the highway and either ran into or was struck by a switch engine. Dr. McCracken was wholly disabled and prevented from attending to any kind of work for more than five months. The court found that the collision occurred about 8:30 on a dark night; that the engine with which Dr. McCracken’s automobile collided was black and indistinguishable in the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Pledger v. Business Men's Accident Ass'n of TexasTexas Commission of Appeals · 1921
- North Amer. Acc. Ins. Co. v. HendersonMississippi Supreme Court · 1937
- Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. FunderburkCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
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