Dallas Transit Company v. Hammer

BATEMAN, Justice.

The appellee W. J. Hammer, Jr., recovered a judgment of $25,000 against the appellant Dallas Transit Company for bodily injuries sustained in a collision on April 30, 1962 between appellant’s bus and an automobile operated by appellee.

The undisputed facts were that appellant’s bus was going South, and appellee was going North, on the Houston Street Viaduct in Dallas. There is a fairly sharp turn in this viaduct near the north end. The two vehicles began negotiating this turn at about the same time, the bus turning to its right and the automobile to its left. It was raining…