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H. J. HEINZ COMPANY v. ASHLEY

No. 12939.

291 S.W.2d 427 (1956)

H. J. HEINZ COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. Lamar ASHLEY et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Jeff Crane, Jr., and J. M. Hopper, Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Houston, of counsel, for appellants.

Charles R. Hancock, Reagan Cartwright and Bates & Cartwright, Houston, for appellees.

CODY, Justice.

This is a suit by Lamar Ashley against H. J. Heinz Company and Marvin Batie, one of its truck drivers, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff on September 14, 1953, near Baytown as a result of a collision between an automobile driven by him and a truck driven by defendant Batie in the course of his employment by defendant, H. J. Heinz Company. Plaintiff alleged negligence of defendant in various ways was the proximate cause....

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