Rodríguez v. Porto Rico Railway, Light & Power Co.

On the fifteenth day of October, 1918, the complainant, an employee of the Municipality of San Juan, was repairing an underground pipe leading to the aqueduct and was stationed for this work on the principal road or street of San Juan between' Stops 15 and 16. On the same road the defendant railway maintains a system of trolley cars. The complainant suffered an accident which lie ascribed to the negligence of the defendant. The latter denied its negligence and also set up the contributory negligence of the complainant. The court below, in its opinion, found that the defendant was negligent,…