Starks v. City of Houston

PEDEN, Justice.

Damage suit for personal injuries sustained by four passengers when the automobile in which they were riding went through a “T” intersection and into a ditch. Plaintiffs alleged that their injuries were caused by the negligence of the City of Houston in failing to provide signs, barricades and/or other devices so as to give warning of the concealed and dangerous condition to persons traveling up the stem of the “T” into the intersection. The City does not contend that it ever erected a barricade at the intersection but asserts that it gave an adequate warning by having a…