Castro López v. Transportation Authority

Mr. Chief Justice De Jesús

delivered the opinion of the Court.

On September 9, 1949 and sometime between three and four o’clock in the evening the appellant was travelling along Ponce de León Avenue in an independent bus towards San Juan. When it reached Stop 26 and at the regular place to receive and discharge passengers, the vehicle stopped and the appellant came down on the North sidewalk of the avenue. Before the bus started up again, the appellant, in order to get to the opposite sidewalk, passed in front of the vehicle and was run down by another bus of the Transportation Authority which…