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FRANCIS v. HERRIN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

No. B-798.

432 S.W.2d 710 (1968)

Evelyn FRANCIS, Petitioner, v. HERRIN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Inc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied November 6, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Jamail, John Gano and William J. Stradley, Houston, Bass & Lawes, Eugene H. Lawes, Lake Charles, La., for petitioner.

Danny R. Edwards, Houston, for respondent.

CALVERT, Chief Justice.

This suit for damages for wrongful death was brought by the widow of Lawrence Francis, Jr., who was alleged to have died as a result of injuries received while a passenger in an automobile which collided with one of Herrin's trucks in Louisiana.

Mr. Francis died on April 18th, 1966, the date on which the collision occurred, and this suit was filed in Harris County thirteen months and eleven...

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