Harper v. Highway Motor Freight Lines

BOND, Justice.

This suit was brought by Djelma Harper, a minor, by her father, R. J. Harper, for injuries sustained by her when she drove an automobile in which she and her mother were riding into the rear end of a truck parked alongside the curb of Swiss avenue in the city of Dallas, Tex.

The elements of liability and negligence alleged were that the truck belonged to Highway Motor Freight Lines, the appel-lee, and, at the time, was being operated by its agent and servant, a Mr. Johnson, acting within the scope of his employment; that the truck was very large,’ covered with a tarpaulin, and…