Legal Opinion

San Antonio Traction Co. v. Upson

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 17, 1902PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before Hon. S. J. Brooks.

1Opinion of the Court

NEILL, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought by the appellee against appellant to recover $5000 damages for injuries sustained to his person and his buggy by reason of a collision with one of the company’s street cars occasioned by the negligence of the company.

Appellee alleged in his petition that at the time the accident occurred, the city council of the city of San Antonio ‘Lad enacted an ordinance fiviug the rate of speed which defendant’s cars should not exceed, to wit, ten miles per hour within a radius of one mile from the center of the city of San Antonio; that said ordinance was…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. McClain v. . Brooklyn City R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
  2. Cooke v. Baltimore Traction Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1895
  3. Howser v. Cumberland & Pennsylvania RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1894
  4. Newark Passenger Railway Co. v. BlockSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1893
  5. Kennedy v. Third Avenue RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Vesper v. LavenderCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
  2. Adams v. Union Electric Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1908
  3. Smith v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
  4. Ferrell v. Beaumont Traction Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1917
  5. San Antonio Traction Co. v. HainesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1907

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