Dallas Ry. Co. v. Eaton

Mrs. Nevada M. Eaton sued the appellant railway company, in her own behalf and as next friend for her minor son, A. Y. Eaton, for damages on account of injuries inflicted upon the person of the said A. Y. Eaton in a collision between a street car, operated by the appellant, and a jitney, on which the said Eaton was riding. The defendant, denied negligence in the operation of its said car, and alleged that the negligence of the jitney driver was the sole proximate cause of the injury, and further that the said A. Y. Eaton was guilty of such contrib' utory negligence as would bar a recovery.…