Court Opinion

ID: 9832816
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 22:13:26.596093+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:43:53.268646
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
Appellant has filed a lengthy motion for rehearing, challenging the correctness of *920our conclusions as to law, also, at least in one respect, challenges the correctness of a conclusion of fact, contending that it is in conflict with the undisputed facts as disclosed by the record.
Among other conclusions of fact, we made the following: “The City of Dallas established a safety zone adjacent to and south of the railway track at the intersection in question. The zone is 72 feet in length, 8 feet and 3 inches in width, is marked by mushroom-shaped metal buttons or discs, 19 in number, 12 inches in diameter, placed 4 feet apart and raised sufficiently above the surface to prevent automobiles from invading the zone. The zone had a clearance of at least 3 feet between the outer edge of the overhang and the south line of the safety zone, at the point of the greatest overhang of the car as it curved to the left from Elm onto St. Paul.” Appellant contends that our conclusion that, “The zone had a clearance of at least 3 feet between the outer edge of the overhang and the south line of the safety zone, at the point of the greatest overhang of the car as- it curved to the left from Elm onto St. Paul”, is in conflict with the undisputed facts, contending that, “Instead of having ‘at least 3 feet’, as observed by this Court, it appears conclusively that so far as the safety of a person attempting to stand in this zone is concerned, instead of having at least 3 feet, as observed by this Court in its opinion, such person in reality had only 2 feet and 2 inches”.
We see no occasion for a misunderstanding in regard to the fact under consideration. Instead of saying that the zone had a clearance of at least 3 feet between the outer edge of the overhang and the south line of the safety zone at the point of the greatest overhang of the car as it curved, we could ,have said with absolute accuracy that it had a clearance of at least 3 feet, 2 inches. As will be observed from our conclusions, there were 19 metal discs, 12 inches in diameter, placed 4 feet apart, that described the safety zone, and at the particular place involved, if one stood against the inner rim of one of these discs, the clearance would have been reduced by 12 inches and, as stated by counsel for appellant, the clearance would have been 2 feet and 2 inches; but, at all other places' in the zone, between these metal discs, the clearance was 3 feet, 2 inches. However, even if the clearance were only 2 feet, 2 inches, as contended by appellant, we see no' reason why any person, regardful of his or her safety, could not have stood in a place of safety.
After considering all grounds urged for rehearing, appellant’s motion is overruled.