Miller v. Jones

DIXON, Chief Justice.

This is a negligence case in which appellant was plaintiff in the trial court. i

On January 3, 1953 an automobile driven by appellee struck appellant, a pedestrian, at the intersection of Crockett and Houston Streets in the City of Sherman, Texas. A jury found that appellee failed to keep a proper lookout, failed to stop, and caused his car to move forward into the lane for pedestrians — each of which acts was negligence and a proximate cause of appellant’s injuries. The jury also found that appellant herself was guilty of contributory negligence in that she failed to keep…