ZALTA v. HOUSTON TRANSIT COMPANY

No. 14423.

384 S.W.2d 914 (1964)

N. A. ZALTA et ux., Appellants, v. HOUSTON TRANSIT COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston.

December 10, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Blake Tartt and Tom Connally, Houston, for appellants.

Wyatt H. Heard and Michael S. Moehlman, Houston, and Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates, Houston, of counsel.


COLEMAN, Justice.

This is a suit for damages for injuries sustained in an automobile-bus collision. Based on jury findings of primary negligence and contributory negligence, a judgment was rendered for the defendant.

On October 15, 1960, at about 5:00 p. m. during the evening rush hour, appellant was driving her automobile in a westerly direction in the curb lane on the four-lane Capitol Avenue bridge in downtown Houston. The street was 44 feet in width and...

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