Legal Opinion

Vesper v. Lavender

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 12, 1912PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Dallas County; J. C. Roberts, Judge. Action by Mrs. E. Lavender against Fred W. A. Vesper and wife. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

8224 Writ of error denied by Supreme Court. The action was brought by Mrs. Lavender for damages alleged to have been sustained (1) by the failure of Mrs. Vesper, as she was driving an automobile, to give any alarm or signal of its approach to the street crossing where the accident occurred; (2) by by her failure to slacken the speed of the automobile to not more than three miles an hour at a street crossing; (3) by negligently operating the automobile at a greater speed than was reasonable, having regard to the traffic and use of the public street by others; (4) by negligently operating it in…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Hennessey v. TaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
  2. I. & G. H. R'y Co. v. IrvineTexas Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Poindexter v. Receivers of the Kirby Lumber Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1908
  4. McLane v. PaschalTexas Supreme Court · 1889
  5. Briscoe v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1909

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. CookCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
  2. Independent Shope Brick Co. v. DuggerTexas Commission of Appeals · 1926
  3. Mueller v. BobbittCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931
  4. Zimmermann v. MednikoffWisconsin Supreme Court · 1917
  5. Bolstad v. Armour & Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1913

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