Shahan v. Northern Texas Traction Co.

We copy from the briefs of the parties their respective statements of the case, as follows: -

“The plaintiff, Ida May Shahan, filed this suit for herself and for her three minor children, to recover damages from the Northern Texas Traction Company for the death of Clyde Shahan, husband of the plaintiff, and father of the minor children. For cause of action the plaintiff alleged in substance that the defendant, an interurban railway company, negligently maintained a hole, declivity, or excavation upon its right of way in, or so'near to, a public street, as to endanger the safety of persons…