Court Opinion

ID: 9834060
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 23:16:04.710966+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:44:11.276594
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
We desire to eliminate the conclusion that appellee was in the automobile when it was struck. She was not in the automobile at that time.
We conclude, in addition to our former conclusions of fact, that just before deceased drove on the railroad crossing he was placed in great peril by the fact that a team hitched to a wagon was running away, and the automobile had to be- swerved from its course to save it from a collision with the wagon and team, and the whole attention of the occupants of the automobile was centered on the runaway team and was diverted from the approaching car. These facts bear materially on the issue of contributory negligence. Kirksey v. Southern Traction Co., 110 Tex. 190, 217 S. W. 139; Trochta v. Railway (Tex. Com. App.) 218 S. W. 1038; Railway v. Patella (Tex. Civ. App.) 222 S. W. 615, at page 619.
The motion for rehearing is overruled.