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POTTS v. JOSKE'S OF HOUSTON

No. 14755.

406 S.W.2d 535 (1966)

Lester Dean POTTS et ux., Appellants, v. JOSKE'S OF HOUSTON et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston.

September 8, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lott & James, Jim L. DeFoyd, Houston, for appellants.

Gay Brinson, Jr., Houston, Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Houston, of counsel, for appellees.

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is a suit for damages resulting when the automobile which appellant, Edith Potts, was driving was struck from the rear by a truck owned by appellee, Joske's of Houston. The jury failed to find negligence on the part of the driver of the truck; found contributory negligence on the part of Edith Potts; and found that mechanical failure caused the automobile to stop and was the sole proximate cause of the collision. Based on these findings of the...

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