SANDERS v. DAVILA

No. 9054.

593 S.W.2d 127 (1979)

Clayton SANDERS and Forshage Trucking Company, Appellants, v. Pedro and Lena DAVILA, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Rehearing Denied January 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. A. Clifford, Lubbock, for appellants.

Edwards & Associates, James R. Edwards, Lubbock, for appellees.


REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs, who suffered damages in a head-on vehicular collision, were granted a monetary judgment upon a jury verdict returned on a charge which contained an improper instruction imposing on defendants a greater burden of proof than permitted by law. Reversed and remanded.

The head-on collision occurred several miles north of Lubbock on 20 August 1974 at a point where U.S. Highway 87 is divided by a median into two roadways, each...

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