(Download) "Parson Et Al. v. Texas City" by The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Parson Et Al. v. Texas City
- Author : The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
- Release Date : January 15, 1953
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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This is a consolidation of two suits, one by Ellis L. Parson and the other by J. E. Turner against the City of Texas City, for damages growing out of a collision of an automobile occupied by the wives of the plaintiffs with another automobile driven by one Raines, at a crossing of two streets in the city of Texas City, in which collision both ladies were injured, it being alleged that the collision resulted from the "simultaneous display * * * of green or go-ahead lights to traffic moving in intersecting * * * directions at the intersection," by a lighting signal suspended approximately thirty-five feet above the intersection, and that this condition of the lights had existed for several days, and created such an essentially dangerous traffic hazard as to constitute a nuisance. It was admitted that (1) the maintenance of a traffic control signal device at the intersection involved was not an unreasonable means of directing and controlling traffic at that intersection; (2) there was no appreciable risk of harm or damage to persons or property resulting from the installation of the traffic control signal device so long as it was properly maintained; and (3) neither automobile involved in the collision came into physical contact with the traffic signal, and neither changed its course either prior to or at the time of the collision in order to avoid physical contact with the traffic signal.