BECK v. SHEPPARD

No. B-7225.

566 S.W.2d 569 (1978)

John BECK et al., Petitioners, v. Sylvia Irene SHEPPARD (Pulera), et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

May 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heard L. Floore and Wallace Brady, Fort Worth, Touchstone, Bernays & Johnston, Webber W. Beall, Jr., Dallas, for petitioners.

Mock & Fleniken, William J. Fleniken, Jr., Fort Worth, for respondents.


STEAKLEY, Justice.

John Beck was the owner of a saddle horse named Duke who was pastured on a farm owned by Leonard Boyd. At about dusk on October 17, 1972, a Volkswagen automobile driven by Sylvia Irene Sheppard, in which her daughter Ilene was a passenger, collided with Duke on U.S. Highway 377, south of Denton, Texas. Mrs. Sheppard and her child suffered physical injuries, the automobile was demolished, and the horse was killed.

The suit at bar was subsequently...

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