Navarre v. American Bakeries Company

BARRON, Justice.

This action arose out of a rear-end automobile collision at a traffic-controlled intersection in the City of Houston on October 7, 1964. At the time of the accident plaintiff, Lelia Navarre, operating her 1959 two-door white Pontiac, and the American Bakeries Company delivery truck, a 1958 Ford panel truck, were both headed in a northerly direction on South Park Boulevard at the intersection of South Park and Holmes Road. The wide intersection is controlled by a traffic signal light. The collision occurred in the morning around 8:10 a. m. It was a clear day and the streets…