Texas & N. O. R. Co. v. Moore

On December 31, 1921, appellant killed appellee’s Holstein bull on one of its crossings at about a mile west of the city of Orange, by striking it with one of its passenger trains, which was being operated at a speed of about 40 miles per hour. At that crossing a public road runs east and west parallel with the railroad track and at a distance of about 60 feet from it. The crossing is made by another road intersecting the public road at that point. The engineer on the train did not see the bull until it ran immediately in front of the engine. The engineer testified that it was necessary at…