B & B Auto Supply, Sand Pit, and Trucking Co. v. Central Freight Lines, Inc.

SPEARS, Justice.

The principal question in this case is whether in light of the policies behind the enactment of Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 2212a (Vernon), 1 a common law right of indemnity exists between joint tortfeasors in negligence cases. The court of civil appeals affirmed the trial court’s holding that Central was entitled to common law indemnity over and against B & B because B & B breached a duty which it owed to Central. 588 S.W.2d 832. We reverse and remand the cause to the trial court for rendition of judgment in accordance with this opinion.

On September 9, 1977, a truck owned by…