Yellow Cab Co. v. Pfeffer

GRAY, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment awarding appellee damages for personal injuries sustained by him as the result of the collision of a motor scooter and a taxicab in a street intersection in the city of San Angelo.

Appellee sought recovery because of alleged specific acts of negligence on the part of the driver of the taxicab and under the doctrine of discovered peril. Appel-ant defended on alleged acts of negligence of appellee, the violation of penal laws and unavoidable accident.

The facts show that at about 8 o’clock a. m. on January 19, 1949, appellee was riding on the back seat…