Galveston-Houston Electric Ry. Co. v. English

H. A. English brought this suit against the Galveston-Houston Electric Railway Company to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by him as a result of a collision between one of defendant’s cars and a rent automobile owned by plaintiff. The damages claimed were the amount which plaintiff alleged he necessarily expended in the reasonable repairs of the automobile and the loss of net profits which he claimed he would have made through renting of the car during the period in which such repairs were being made. The case was tried before a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of…