CITY OF HOUSTON v. ALLEN

No. 50.

380 S.W.2d 696 (1964)

CITY OF HOUSTON, Appellant, v. Troy D. ALLEN, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

Rehearing Denied July 9, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wildenthal, Jr., City Atty., and Edgar Pfeil, Senior Asst. City Atty., Houston, for appellant.

Fermon Tom Walton and Harry Burns, Houston, for appellee.


SELLERS, Justice.

This is a personal injury suit in which Troy D. Allen, Appellee, was struck from the rear while waiting in his pickup truck with trailer attached to rear of same at a red light in the City of Houston. He was struck by one of the City of Houston garbage trucks, driven by one of its employees by the name of Marion Pusey. The issues were submitted to a jury and resulted in a judgment against the appellant in favor of appellee in the sum of $22,500.00...

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