Houston City Street Railway Co. v. Sciacca
Texas Supreme Court
The opinion contains a statement.
1Opinion of the Court
COLLARD, Judge.
This suit was brought by Giaccomo Sciacca and wife against the Houston City Street Railway Company for damages for the killing of their infant son, aged 18 months, by the negligence of defendant’s driver in running a car over, the child, causing its death. Plaintiffs recovered $2000 damages and defendant has appealed.
Plaintiffs lived in Houston on San Felipe Street and had a store there. The mother of the child says she put the child down to wait on a customer, her husband having gone down town to pay some bills, and in five minutes she turned around to look for it and she saw…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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