Patterson v. City of Austin

KEY, Associate Justice.

Opinion.—On the 13th day of June, 1892, appellant was traveling in a one-horse buggy along a public street in the city of Austin, when the horse took fright at a pile of stones, partially obscured by weeds, lying in the street, but outside of the improved and traveled portion thereof, and ran the buggy against a parapet wall of a bridge and threw appellant out of the buggy and into a creek, thereby causing him certain physical injuries; and he has sued the city to recover damages.

The case was tried before the court without a jury and judgment rendered for the city.

The…