Court Opinion

ID: 9648598
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 14:29:20.690839+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:03.665912
License: Public Domain

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
In its motion for rehearing appellant directs our attention to the fact that we did not express our views on its contention that the appellees are bound by the only direct evidence on lookout, which was that of its driver Holt, who testified that the truck struck the bus knocking him away from the controls and knocking the bus into the panel truck. Appellant says this testimony is so binding on appellees as to require us to reverse and render the judgment, even though Holt was a defendant and interested witness. It relies on Cochran v. Wool Growers Central Storage Co., 140 Tex. 184, 166 S.W.2d 904, 908, wherein it is held that “where the testimony of an interested witness is not contradicted by any other witness, or attendant circumstances, and the same is clear, direct and positive, *12and free from contradiction, inaccuracies, and circumstances tending to cast suspicion thereon, it is taken as true, as a matter of law.”
In view of the corroboration of Holt’s testimony by that of the two bus passengers, appellant also says that this case is governed by Simonds v. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co., 134 Tex. 332, 136 S.W.2d 207.
We have again reviewed the evidence and adhere to our original opinion that the finding of failure to keep a proper lookout is not without at least some evidence to support it. If we are correct in that, it is our duty to “disregard all evidence which would lead to a contrary result.” Biggers v. Continental Bus System, 157 Tex. 351, 303 S.W.2d 359. This would of course include the testimony of Holt and his passengers. The motion for rehearing is overruled.