COLORADO COUNTY v. J. M. ENGLISH TRUCK LINE

No. 12657.

265 S.W.2d 865 (1954)

COLORADO COUNTY et al. v. J. M. ENGLISH TRUCK LINE, Inc., et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. P. Moore, Sr., County Atty. of Colorado County, Columbus, Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Houston, Massey, Hodges, Moore & Gates, Hollis Massey, Columbus, for appellants.

Dyess, Dyess & Jennings, A. D. Dyess, Houston, for appellees.


CODY, Justice.

This was a suit by Colorado County, and the County Judge thereof to recover damages alleged to have been done to a bridge which was located on a farm-to-market road in Colorado County by a truck and trailer, owned by J. M. English Truck Line, and driven by one of its drivers. The suit was brought under R.C.S. Art. 6716.

Appellants (i. e., Colorado County and the County Judge thereof) alleged that the commissioner for the precinct in which the...

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