El Paso Electric Co. v. Portillo

During the month of November, 1929, appellant operated a street railway .line between the city of El Paso and what is known as the Smelter settlement.

In the Smelter settlement it maintained a switch a part of which extended onto the pavement of the county highway which passes through the settlement.

On the night of the 24th of that month, a collision occurred between one of appellant’s street cars and an automobile driven by one Bias Morales, and Maria Portillo, wife of appellee, was injured. The street car was on the switch at the time of the accident headed in a northerly direction, while…