Hadaway v. Lone Star Gas Company

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff Hadaway sued Lone Star Gas Company for damages for injuries sustained by him and his wife when plaintiff’s car struck a ditch in the street which had theretofore been dug by defendant.

The court rendered judgment for defendant upon jury findings that plaintiff’s failure to keep a proper lookout was a proximate cause of the accident.

The plaintiff contends that the findings were so against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence as to be manifestly wrong and unjust.

The accident happened on a Sunday. Several days prior thereto defendant, for the purpose…