Texas Steel Co. v. Rockholt

HALL, Justice.

This is a suit for damages instituted by W. F. Rockholt, defendant in error, against Texas Steel Company, plaintiff in error, for personal injuries to Mrs. Rockholt alleged to have been caused by the negligent acts of plaintiff in error’s agent in the operation of one of its cars. The parties hereto will be referred to hereafter as in the lower court, Texas Steel Company as defendant and Rockholt as plaintiff.

It was alleged by plaintiff that on November 23, 1936, on the highway between Gladewater and Gilmer at a point about seven miles north of Gladewater, plaintiff and certain…