Switzer v. Johnson

PEDEN, Justice.

Appellees filed this suit under the wrongful death statute as a result of the loss of Mr. E. D. Johnson, a pedestrian, who was struck by a pickup truck driven by one of the defendants. This appeal is from a judgment for appellees based on a jury verdict.

The accident occurred on August 11,1964, on highway F. M. 528 just north of Clear Lake at a point near the intersection of Bayou View Drive with the highway. Bayou View does not cross F. M. 528, but runs only in a northerly direction from the intersection. At the intersection, F. M. 528 runs generally east and west.

At the time…