State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Matlock

POPE, Justice.

We grant the motion for rehearing filed in this cause by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, set aside our former judgment which affirmed the judgments of the trial court and court of civil appeals, withdraw our former opinion, and render judgment that William A. Matlock and wife take nothing in their suit against State Farm.

The Matlocks suffered injuries in an accident with a car driven by a man identified in this record only as a man with one leg. They knew the name of this man, but did not testify about his name. Upon the theory that he was an uninsured motorist…