PUTMAN v. SANDERS

No. 8663.

537 S.W.2d 308 (1976)

Joe PUTMAN, Appellant, v. Doris SANDERS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

April 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam, Cecil C. Kuhne, Lubbock, for appellant.

Griffith & Brister, Thomas J. Griffith, Lubbock, for appellee.


REYNOLDS, Justice.

Doris Sanders recovered a money judgment against Joe Putman for damage sustained to her automobile while it was in the possession of Putman who had repaired it at the request of her son. The trial court's determinations of a bailment and the amount of damage have the requisite evidentiary support to hold Putman liable because he failed to rebut the presumption of his negligence. Affirmed.

In January of 1974, Doris Sanders purchased a 1969...

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