Dallas Consol. Electric Street Ry. Co. v. Kelley
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Dallas County; Kenneth Foree, Judge. Action by Bettie P. Kelley against the Dallas Consolidated Electric Street Railway -Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRainey, C. J.
Appellee sued appellant to'recover damages for personal injuries received by her in alighting from one of appellant’s cars. Appellant answered by general denial and contributory negligence. A trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $1,396, from which this appeal is prosecuted.
[1] The appellant complains of the action -of the court in refusing to give a requested charge, as follows: “You are instructed that under the uncontroverted evidence herein the plaintiff attempted to alight from one of the defendant’s cars while the same was in motion and before it had stopped…
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