COPELAND v. BATY

Nos. 5139-5141.

288 S.W.2d 234 (1956)

M. M. COPELAND and Robert Elmer Moore et al., Appellants, v. Betty Jo BATY, a feme sole, Individually and as Next Friend, Appellee. M. M. COPELAND and Robert Elmer Moore et al., Appellants, v. Ruth Sawyer SIMMANG, a feme sole, Individually and as Next Friend, Appellee. M. M. COPELAND and Robert Elmer Moore et al., Appellants, v. Fred ROSAS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kemp, Smith, Brown, Goggin & White, El Paso, for appellants Cape & Cape.

Bondies & Flahive, Dallas, for Copeland & Moore.

Owen & Morgan, El Paso, for all appellees.


HAMILTON, Chief Justice.

This is a common law damage suit arising out of a night time accident between a private passenger car occupied by Fred Rosas and deceased Baty, and driven by the deceased Simmang, and a truck owned by the defendant Copeland, alleged by plaintiffs in effect to have been operated by the defendant Moore under circumstances which gave the defendant Copeland and the defendants Capes the right to direct...

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