Dallas Railway & Terminal Co. v. Guthrie

A. F. Guthrie was driving his automobile along one of the public streets of the City of Dallas on October 19, 1945, when he was struck and seriously injured by a Dallas Railway & Terminal Company street car. He sued for damages growing out of this collision and recovered a judgment for $42,500.00. The Court of Civil Appeals found the damages awarded for hospital expenses excessive in the sum of $5,000.00, which Guthrie remitted, and the judgment of the trial court was accordingly reformed and affirmed. 206 S. W. (2d) 638.

Included in the damages recovered was the sum of $27,500.00 for loss of…