SWONKE v. HILDEBRANDT ENGINEERING COMPANY

No. 4343.

389 S.W.2d 355 (1965)

Kenneth Wayne SWONKE et ux., Appellants, v. HILDEBRANDT ENGINEERING COMPANY, Inc., et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Jamail, John Gano, Houston, for appellants.

Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates, Paul W. Persons, Houston, for appellees.


WILSON, Justice.

In this rear-end automobile collision case judgment was rendered for defendant on jury findings that plaintiff's negligence in making a sudden stop at a railroad crossing and in failing to keep a proper lookout proximately caused the collision.

Plaintiff's grounds for reversal are that she was compelled by law to stop, and therefore as a matter of law her stopping could not constitute negligence; and the finding on proper lookout is without...

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