Annette MacDonald, Inc. v. Skinner

LANGDON, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought by appellant, Annette MacDonald, a widow, individually and as next friend of her minor daughter, Ann Edith MacDonald, for the death of Howard E. MacDonald, her husband, and the father of the minor child.

Howard E. MacDonald was killed when he was struck by an automobile driven by appellee, Harry Owen Skinner, as he was walking across Buckner Boulevard at its intersection with Tarleton Street, in the City of Dallas, on the evening of December 7, 1958. It was alleged that Skinner was guilty of negligence proximately causing the death of the deceased.

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