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· 10/23/1940

Panhandle & Sante Fe Railway Co. v. Napier

Citations

  • 135 Tex. 314
  • 143 S.W.2d 754
  • 1940 Tex. LEXIS 208

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that accidental gunshot while showing gun to passenger in parked truck did not arise out of use of the vehicle
  • summary judgment proper where uncontro-verted facts established only that vehicle was used to transport a gun that accidentally discharged, as “[t]he most [plaintiff] has proved is that the vehicle was the ‘situs’ or ‘locus’ for the shooting”
  • summary judgment proper where uncontroverted facts established only that vehicle was used to transport a gun that accidentally discharged, as \[t]he most [plaintiff] has proved is that the vehicle was the 'situs' or 'locus' for the shooting\

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