Brown v. Dallas Gas Co.

This was an action by Joe Brown against the Dallas Gas Company for damages for injuries sustained to his person and to his automobile in an automobile collision at a street intersection in the city of Dallas. The jury, in answer to special issues, found for the defendant. The plaintiff appealed.

The jury, under appropriate instructions, found that, on the occasion of the collision, the driver of defendant’s car failed to apply his brakes, but that this was not negligence on his part. It also found that the driver of defendant’s car did not fail to sound a warning of tile approach of his car,…