JARBET CO. v. HENGST

No. 10151.

260 S.W.2d 88 (1953)

JARBET CO., Inc. v. HENGST.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied July 31, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Wright Johnson, Edward P. Fahey, San Antonio, Massey, Hodges, Moore & Gates, Columbus, by Carl Wright Johnson, San Antonio, for appellant.

C. C. Jopling, La Grange, for appellee.

John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen., Rudy G. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., by V. F. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., for intervenors, the State of Texas and its Highway Department.


ARCHER, Chief Justice.

This is a suit filed by plaintiff, Oliver C. Hengst, against The Jarbet Company, Inc., for damages for personal injuries alleged to have occurred on or about March 30, 1950, at a place on a public highway in Fayette County, where the road was under construction.

The defendant, The Jarbet Company, Inc., had the contract to build the road and the plaintiff was employed by the highway department of the State of Texas as an inspector on...

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