Northern Texas Traction Co. v. Nicholson

Defendant in error was plaintiff in the lower court, and the plaintiff in error was defendant. For convenience and brevity they will be so designated in this opinion. Plaintiff Nicholson sued defendant, Northern Texas Traction Company, for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been negligently inflicted upon his wife while she was a passenger upon one of defendant’s street cars in the city of Dallas. The substance of the alleged negligence was that, after defendant had halted its car upon signal from plaintiff’s wife and while she was in the act of alighting, the defendant, without…