Court Opinion

ID: 9828061
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 18:03:46.361881+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:42:42.657069
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Appellant’s Motion for Rehearing.
Appellee urges that the three ordinances relied upon, and pleaded by appellee, and of which the statement of facts shows were offered in evidence by the numbers, title, chapter, article, and section of the Revised Ordinances, but were omitted from the statement of facts as filed in this eoiu't, must be regarded as in the statement of facts.
He cites Offeciers v. Dirks, 2 Tex. 468; Laird v. State, 15 Tex. 317; Rice v. Lemon, 16 Tex. 593; Bennett v. State, 30 Tex. 521; Lindly v. Lindly, 102 Tex. 135, 113 S. W. 750 — authorities holding that all presumptions consistent with the record must be indulged “in favor of the right of action by the trial court,” that this court should presume under the above authorities that the ordinances as-introduced were in accord with the ordinances as pleaded by appellee, and that the trial court did not err in submitting the violation of said ordinance to the jury.
But, irrespective of the failure of the statement of facts to include said ordinances relied upon, and irrespective of the bearing that such failure should have upon this court as to whether it should consider as in evidence said ordinances, we think that there is error in the record upon another matter.
Defendant below pleaded that the driver of plaintiff’s car discovered the defendant in a position of peril at a time when she could have avoided the accident and did not use the means at her command to avoid such accident.
Defendant further pleaded that the negligence on the part of the driver of plaintiff’s ear, and her failure to keep a proper lookout, contributed to the accident and was the approximate cause of the accident. The court did submit the question of discovered peril, but did not submit the question as to whether or not the driver of plaintiff’s car failed to keep' a proper lookout for cars crossing the street ahead of her, and whether such failure was negligence c>r contributory negligence, and. contributed to the accident. We believe, as stated in our original opinion, that the failure to submit the issue, “Was such failure to keep a lookout for approaching vehicles negligence on her part under the circumstances, and on the occasion in question?” should have been given.
The evidence tended to show that Mrs. Greene and her sister were both looking at the brewery just before the collision; that Mrs. Greene saw the Parvin car on the west side of the street when she was some distance south of the driveway, perhaps 150 feet away, but did not see said car again until she was within 10 feet of it. If this be true, then, if she had been looking ahead, she would have see Parvin as he attempted to cross Jones street, and could have avoided the collision.
The motion for rehearing is overruled.