Flores v. Sullivan

SMITH, Chief Justice.

In the city of Corpus Christi, Staples street, 60 feet wide, runs north and south. Furman avenue, 60 feet wide, and running east and west, empties into and ends in Staples street.

At the southwest corner of Staples, as it enters Furman, a grocery store fronts 45 feet on Staples, with a 15-foot driveway in front of it, which is for the use of customers for parking purposes. The paving of the street and driveway is continuous, obliterating the curb at the edge of the street.

Appellant, Martin Flores, operates a 1930 Ford sedan car as a “taxi.” In the early morning of October…