Edmondson v. Keller

ARCHER, Chief Justice.

This is a personal injury action brought for damages plaintiff sustained in an automobile collision. Plaintiff was riding in a car driven by defendant when it ran into the rear of a Stowe Lumber Co. truck. Plaintiff and defendant had known each other all their lives, had been brought up together and were living together when the collision occurred.

Plaintiff’s case has been before this Court twice previously. In McCormick v. Stowe Lumber Co., 356 S.W.2d 450 (Austin Civ. App., n. r. e., 1962), this Court held that as a matter of law plaintiff and defendant were on a joint…