Legal Opinion
Coleman v. West
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 21, 1938No. 3287PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Chief Justice.
About midnight of June 12, 1933, on a paved highway in Montgomery county, appellee, Miss Fay West, drove her Chevrolet roadster into the back end of a truck owned and operated by appellants, Joe and Ben Coleman. This suit was filed by appellee against appellants for damages for the personal injuries suffered by her in the collision. The jury found that appellants were guilty of negligence in driving the truck on the highway at night without lights, and acquitted them of all other acts of negligence pleaded against them. Appellee was acquitted of contributory negligence,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Dallas Ry. & Terminal Co. v. DardenTexas Commission of Appeals · 1931
- Southern Ice & Utilities Co. v. RichardsonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1936
- Southern Ice & Utilities Co. v. RichardsonTexas Supreme Court · 1936
- Clements v. WrightCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
3Cited by6 opinions
- Fort Worth & D. Ry. Co. v. BarlowCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
- Alamo Motor Lines, Inc. v. MaldonadoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1954
- Hipfner v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
- Warren Petroleum Corp. v. MartinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1954
- Ray v. GageCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1954
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