San Antonio Street Railway Co. v. Helm
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. G. H. Noonan. This suit was instituted on the 27th day of August, 1883, by the appellees, Helm and wife, to recover $25,000 damages for personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Holm on the 12th day of the same month, through the negligence of appellant’s employees.
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Appeal from Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. G. H. Noonan. This suit was instituted on the 27th day of August, 1883, by the appellees, Helm and wife, to recover $25,000 damages for personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Holm on the 12th day of the same month, through the negligence of appellant’s employees. Plaintiffs (appellees) alleged in the pleadings that defendant was a common-carrier of passengers for hire, and that Mrs. Helm was a passenger on one of the defendant’s cars at the time of the injury, and was in a delicate situation from pregnancy. That, as she was cautiously attempting to…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
The statement of the cause of action, and of the nature of the defense, made by the court, was correct as far as it went, but not full.
This, however, could have been corrected, if deemed necessary by the appellant, through a charge giving a fuller statement; but this was not asked, and in such case the appellant has no just ground of complaint.
The fifth instruction given contains a correct exposition of the law applicable to the question of the liability of the appellant, and as to the measure of damages; and if, in the latter respect, it was thought not to be…
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