J. E. Mundy v. Pirie-Slaughter Motor Company

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the lower courts, holding that the plaintiff may plead and offer evidence that the minor driver lacked a license and that the motor company knew or should have known this, and that such facts constitute negligence per se under the licensing statute. The court remanded for a new trial on the basis that the plaintiff must prove the owner's negligence, the driver's negligence, and proximate causation.