C. M. JEFFRIES TRUCKING CO. v. HUTCHINSON COUNTY

No. 6366.

266 S.W.2d 391 (1954)

C. M. JEFFRIES TRUCKING CO. et al. v. HUTCHINSON COUNTY.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

January 18, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simpson, Clayton & Fullingim, Amarillo, for appellants.

R. C. Marshall, Borger, for appellee.


PITTS, Chief Justice.

This is a venue action which arose out of a damage suit filed by appellee, Hutchinson County, Texas, acting through its commissioners' court, against appellant, C. M. Jeffries Trucking Company, a corporation, for alleged damages in the sum of $5,000. Appellee further alleged, in effect, that such damages were incurred on May 8, 1951, by reason of the negligent operation of appellant's overloaded truck by its legal agent onto a wooden bridge that...

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