Texas Co. v. Ivey
Texas Co. v. Ivey
Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from a judgment in. the sum of $26,952.40 in favor of the ap-pellee W. H. Ivey, and against the appellants, the Texas Company and T. D. Fitzgerald, driver of its truck, as a result of injuries suffered by Ivey when he was struck by the Texas Company truck. Ivey was employed by the Llano Construction Company which carried compensation insurance with the Southern Underwriters. The latter company paid Ivey compensation and he joined such company in this suit recognizing its right of'subrogation.
This court submitted this cause to the Supreme Court upon certified questions and the opinion of the Supreme Court may be found in 152 S.W.2d 738. A sufficient statement of the case is made in that opinion and we shall not attempt to restate the case.
The Supreme Court has resolved against the appellants the questions presented relative to the submission of unavoidable accident and the argument of appellees’ attorney in connection therewith. We think these matters constituted the controlling issues in this appeal.
In addition to the questions decided by the Supreme Court the appellants in numerous propositions have attacked the submission of the special issues involving discovered peril upon which the judgment is predicated. Suffice it to say that in our opinion these issues, considered with the charge as a whole (Allcorn v. Fort Worth & R. G. Ry. Co., Tex.Civ.App., 122 S.W.2d 341, writ refused), were substantially in keeping with the doctrine of discovered peril as announced in this jurisdiction and in conformity with the pleadings and proof. These assignments are overruled. Baker v. Shafter, Tex.Com.App., 231 S.W. 349; Northern Texas Traction Co. v. Singer, Tex.Civ.App., 34 S.W.2d 920; Hines v. Foreman et ux., Tex.Com.App., 243 S.W. 479; Northern Texas Traction Co. v. Thetford et al., Tex.Com.App., 44 S.W.2d 902; Wilson v. Southern Traction Co., 111 Tex. 361, 234 S.W. 663; Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Conley et ux., 113 Tex. 472, 260 S.W. 561, 32 A.L.R. 1183; Wright et al. v. Bales, 62 Ga.App. 328, 7 S.E.2d 765; 30 Tex.Jur. 681, para. 32.
We are not impressed with the contention of the appellants that the verdict of the jury was excessive. The facts reveal that
The judgment is affirmed.
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