Flanigan v. Carswell

delivered opinion of Court.

This is a suit for damages for personal, injuries and property damage resulting from an automobile-ambulance collision at the intersection of Richmond and Mandell Streets in the City of- Houston, Texas. Two separate suits were originally filed, one by Jack Carswell against James Eugene Flanigan and J. C. Smith, and the other by Flanigan against Jack Carswell. These suits were, by order of the trial court, consolidated. The order consolidating the two suits expressly provided that the suit filed by Flanigan would thereafter be considered as a cross-action to the…