Legal Opinion

Norris Bros., Inc. v. Mattinson

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 22, 1940No. 14054PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SPEER, Justice.

Plaintiff J. A. Mattinson sued defendant Norris Bros., Inc., for damages growing out of an automobile collision in which plaintiff claimed he was struck and injured by a car driven by the agent of defendant, while in the discharge of his employment.

The various, acts of negligence charged to the driver and those claimed by defendant to be contributory negligence by plaintiff proximately causing the injury are disclosed by the issues submitted'to the jury.;

> The trial court in his charge defined “ordinary care”,' “negligence”, “proximate-cause”,' “proper- lookout”, “unavoidable…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. St. Louis, B. & M. Ry. Co. v. ColeTexas Commission of Appeals · 1929
  2. Finck Cigar Co. v. CampbellTexas Supreme Court · 1939
  3. Pullman Palace Car Co. v. A. A. Nelson & WifeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1899
  4. Daugherty v. WilesTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919
  5. Bailey v. HicksTexas Supreme Court · 1856

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Wichita Transit Co. v. SandersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1948
  2. McCarty v. GappelbergCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1954
  3. Brown v. Dallas Ry. & Terminal Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1949
  4. Browning v. GravesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
  5. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. KruegerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1951

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