FUDGE v. COTTLE COUNTY

No. 8140.

467 S.W.2d 570 (1971)

Billy J. FUDGE and Steere Tanklines, Inc., Appellants, v. COTTLE COUNTY, Texas, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

April 19, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morehead, Sharp, Tisdel & Gibbins, Bob Gibbins, Plainview, for appellants.

Heatly & Heatly, W. H. Heatly, Paducah, for appellee.


REYNOLDS, Justice.

This appeal results from a plea of privilege proceeding in a tort action.

Cottle County, Texas, appellee, sued Billy J. Fudge and Steere Tanklines, Inc., appellants, to recover damages caused to a county road bridge. Appellee alleged that Fudge, while in the course and scope of his employment with Steere, by negligently failing to follow instructions, drove a truck across appellee's bridge in Cottle County and damaged the same. Appellants...

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