Legal Opinion

Gray v. Gulf Oil Corporation

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 16, 1967No. 16841PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LANGDON, Justice.

This appeal is from an order sustaining a plea of privilege. The appellant, Herbert Joe Gray, a minor age 13, was injured in an accident which occurred in Hood County on a farm owned by his father, Herbert Gray, when he was struck by a falling diesel fuel storage tank. Virgil Bird, driver of a bulk tank truck, owned by W. R. Summers, a Gulf Oil Products dealer, had mistakenly put gasoline in the diesel fuel storage tank owned by Mr. Gray and with the assistance of Herbert Joe Gray was draining the tank when the accident occurred.

In the process of draining it, the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Stockyards National Bank v. MaplesTexas Supreme Court · 1936
  2. Belo Corp. v. Thomas BlantonTexas Supreme Court · 1939
  3. Banks v. CollinsTexas Supreme Court · 1953
  4. James T. Taylor & Son, Inc. v. Arlington Independent School DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1960
  5. Houston East & West Texas Railway Co. v. RunnelsTexas Supreme Court · 1898

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Eastman v. BiggersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
  2. Jarvis v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1968
  3. Palmatier v. BeckCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982
  4. Bal-Fel, Inc. v. BoydCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973
  5. Padre Drilling Co. v. Brown Oil Tools, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1973

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