Dallas Ry. & Terminal Co. v. Bankston

This action was to recover damages for personal injuries to plaintiff, and for the destruction of his automobile, caused by a collision between a street car and the automobile in which plaintiff and two others were at the time riding. Plaintiff’s cause of action was based, in part, on -negligence per se, arising from alleged violation of certain ordinances of the city of Dallas and, in part, on negligence arising from the alleged breach by defendant of its Common Law duty to use due care.

The pertinent provisions of the ordinances involved are these: Article 1S81, as follows: “The motorman *of…