CURTIS v. SCHWARTZMAN PACKING COMPANY

No. 5976.

299 P.2d 776 (1956)

61 N.M. 305

W. D. CURTIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SCHWARTZMAN PACKING COMPANY, a corporation, and Willie Gutierrez, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

July 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McAtee & Toulouse, Wm. C. Marchiondo, Albuquerque, for appellants.

W. W. Atkinson, Albuquerque, for appellee.


KIKER, Justice.

The plaintiff, W.D. Curtis, was attempting to pass a Schwartzman Packing Company truck. The truck made a left turn and the car and truck collided. Plaintiff brought suit for $6,000 against Schwartzman Packing Company and its truck driver.

The complaint alleged the collision was due to the negligence of defendant's truck driver failing to signal for a left turn; failing to make such a signal continuously in the manner provided by law; failing...

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