HOUSTON v. SHAW TRANSPORTS COMPANY

No. 13040.

296 S.W.2d 631 (1956)

Willie HOUSTON, Appellant, v. SHAW TRANSPORTS COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston.

December 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Schulman and Homer T. Bouldin Houston, for appellant.

Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls and B. Jeff Crane, Jr., Houston, for appellees.


GANNON, Justice.

This is a personal injury suit growing out of a highway accident occurring October 8, 1952, at about 10 p. m. on U. S. Highway 90 approximately ten miles out of the City of Columbus. Plaintiff Willie Houston alleged that as he was proceeding in an easterly direction along and over Highway 90 in a Chevrolet car, coming toward Houston, he suddenly and unexpectedly came upon a spare tire directly in his path which the defendant Shaw Transports Company...

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