Bridges v. City of Richardson

WILLIAMS, Justice.

This is an action for wrongful death brought by the surviving widow, individually, and as next friend of the two minor children of Joe W. Bridges, deceased. It was the contention of the plaintiffs in the trial court that the deceased was killed as a result of a sudden upset of a motor scooter owned by his son, but operated by the deceased, on the occasion in question. It was their contention that the upset occurred at night upon the deceased’s crossing an unlit trench across a public street which was a part of a construction project wherein defendant Ray F. Smith & Son were…