Houston Electric Co. v. Settle

Appellee Settle sued appellant electric company to recover $3,000 in damages for injuries to himself and his automobile, alleged to have resulted from a collision at the corner of Bayland and Watson streets in the city of Houston, between a street car owned and operated by appellant, and an automobile owned and operated by appellee.

He alleged that the collision and the resultant damages were proximately caused by the negligence of the operator of the street car in the following particulars:(1) In operating the street car at a greater rate of speed than was safe under the then existing weather…