Galveston Electric Co. v. Dickey

This is a suit by Mary Elizabeth Dickey, a minor, who sues by her father, A. T. Dickey, as next friend, against the Galveston Electric Company, to recover damages for personal injuries received by her while a passenger on one of the defendant’s cars in the city of Galveston, which injuries were alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the conductor in assisting her to alight from the car. The 'specific acts of negligence are thus stated in the petition: “And plaintiff further alleges that her two sisters first got off said car when it stopped, and that the conductor of said ear, who…