Flores v. Barlow

HUGHES, Justice.

Adela C. Flores, appellant, brought this suit as sole survivor of her deceased son, Cecilio Flores, under Arts. 4671-4678, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. (Wrongful Death Statutes).

*174The wrongful death of appellant’s son is alleged to have occurred in the collision of a flatbed truck operated by Cecilio Flores, and a 1954 Chevrolet Pickup Truck operated by appellee, Roy D. Barlow, on U. S. Highway 77 in Driscoll, Nueces County, at approximately 10:50 A.M., September 28, 195.6.

At the time just preceding the collision, both vehicles were traveling in the same southerly direction on Highway…