Akers v. Morris, 3528.

• Decision Date: 15 April 1937
• Docket Number: No. 3528.,3528.
• Citation: Akers v. Morris, 104 S.W.2d 535 (Tex. App. 1937)
• Parties: AKERS v. MORRIS.
• Court: Texas Court of Appeals

104 S.W.2d 535

AKERS v. MORRIS.

No. 3528.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. El Paso.

April 15, 1937.

Rehearing Denied April 29, 1937.

Appeal from District Court, Bexar County; Everett F. Johnson, Judge.

Action by E. W. Morris against J. J. Akers and another, wherein Roy Akers was dismissed as a defendant. From a judgment for plaintiff against named defendant only, named defendant appeals.

Affirmed.

R. H. Mercer, of San Antonio, for appellant.

P. H. Long, of San Antonio, for appellee.

WALTHALL, Justice.

This is a personal injury case. E. W. Morris, as plaintiff, brought this suit against J. J. Akers and Roy Akers, as defendants, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him while operating an automobile in which he was riding coming in collision with an automobile driven by J. J. Akers and Roy Akers, at or near the intersection of North Florence street with Rodriguez street in the city of San Antonio, Tex.

Morris alleged that the collision of the automobiles was occasioned by the negligence of J. J. Akers and Roy Akers proximately causing the injuries of which he complains. Roy Akers was dismissed as a defendant during the progress of the trial and in the judgment, and the suit proceeded to final judgment against J. J. Akers.

The negligent acts assigned by plaintiff against J. J. Akers and submitted by the court to the jury were whether Akers, at the time of the collision, was operating his automobile on the wrong side of the street and whether that was negligence and the proximate cause of the collision and injury to plaintiff; issues of negligence and proximate cause were alleged as to excess in the rate of speed, a negligent rate of speed, failure to keep a proper lookout, failure to give warning of the approach of his automobile. All of which negligent acts the jury found against Akers.

The court submitted to the jury the alleged acts of contributory negligence on the part of Morris, all of which acts the jury found in favor of Morris.

The jury assessed Morris' damages at $1,000, and the court rendered judgment in favor of Morris for that amount.

The court overruled Akers' motion for a new trial, and Akers appeals.

Opinion.

The court refused to submit appellant's requested charge inquiring whether appellee, just prior to and at the time of the collision, failed to look to the rear and down North Florence street to ascertain whether any traffic was approaching therefrom.

The court submitted instead...