EAST TEXAS MOTOR FREIGHT LINES v. STERRETT

No. 14237.

232 S.W.2d 253 (1950)

EAST TEXAS MOTOR FREIGHT LINES v. STERRETT et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied August 1, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leachman, Matthews & Gardere, and Henry D. Akin, all of Dallas, for appellant.

Mullinax, Wells & Ball, of Dallas, for appellees.


CRAMER, Justice.

Appellee Sterrett instituted this suit against appellant for damages for personal injuries received by him when one of appellant's trucks, while backing up to the dock of Gillette Motor Transport in Dallas, rolled forward, struck his left side or back, and pushed him down. Appellee, at the time, was steam-cleaning a motor on another truck. He alleged that at the time he had syphilis in a quiescent, dormant or inactive stage, but as a result of such...

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