CITY OF HOUSTON v. SELPH

No. 13897.

356 S.W.2d 850 (1962)

The CITY OF HOUSTON, Appellant, v. Carey SELPH et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston.

April 26, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. H. Burks, City Atty., John Gano, Sr., Asst. City Atty., Houston, for appellant.

Ralph S. Carrigan, Houston, Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates, Houston, of counsel, for appellee Carey I. Selph.


WERLEIN, Justice.

Dorothy Patton and husband, Charles G. Patton, and Martin B. Hawkins, plaintiffs, sued Carey I. Selph to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by them when the car driven by appellee, Selph, ran into the back of the Patton car which had stopped behind a line of cars that had come to a stop on Memorial Drive in the City of Houston. A police car belonging to the City of Houston and driven by one Cubstead, a police officer, which had been...

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