Dallas Railway & Terminal Co. v. Reddy

MARTIN, Justice.

Appellee, Charles P. Reddy, sued appellant, Dallas Railway & Terminal Company, for damages for injuries incurred by his wife, Mrs. Mignon Reddy, when she fell while attempting to alight from one of appellant’s electric buses. Appellee’s original petition asserted that Mrs. Reddy’s fall was proximately caused by her 'foot slipping on a worn, slick metal strip which covered the bus step. By an amended petition appellee asserted that Mrs. Reddy fell when she hung the heel of her shoe on a metal strip which was protruding above the floor level of the bus; further alleging that the…