SPARKMAN v. MAXWELL

No. B-4782.

519 S.W.2d 852 (1975)

Mrs. J. T. SPARKMAN et al., Petitioners, v. Mary Louise MAXWELL et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fillmore, Lambert, Farabee & Purtle, Glynn R. Purtle, Wichita Falls, for petitioner.

H. P. Hodge, Jr., Kearby Peery, Wichita Falls, for respondent.

Charles Oldham, Wichita Falls, for intervenor.


WALKER, Justice.

On the principal questions presented by this appeal, we hold that under the evidence: (1) the defendant driver of an automobile was not guilty of negligence as a matter of law in entering an intersection and attempting to make a left turn when the traffic signal controlling her movements showed a red arrow pointing to the left; and (2) the failure of the responsible city to correct the traffic signal within a reasonable time after notice that it was...

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