Comet Motor Freight Lines, Inc. v. Holmes

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

Mrs. Grace Holmes, for herself and her minor daughter, filed this suit against Homer Crabb and the Comet Motor Freight Lines, Inc., to recover damages caused by the killing of Benton Holmes, the husband and father, respectively, of plaintiffs. On a former trial, judgment was rendered for plaintiffs, defendants appealed, and the Court of Civil Appeals at Waco reversed the judgment and remanded the cause. (See 175 S.W.2d 464.) It held that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the implied findings of the trial court.

On the second trial, the case was submitted to a…