Texas City Terminal Railway Co. v. Blaha

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This suit resulted from a nighttime collision between a taxicab and a railroad flatcar at a point where the railroad crossed a private road owned by the railway company. The plaintiff was a passenger in the taxicab. A judgment for the plaintiff was rendered after a jury trial. The taxi company was not found to be negligent and the plaintiff has not appealed from the judgment.

The principal questions debated on appeal concern the status of the plaintiff as licensee, or an invitee, on the premises of the defendant Railway Company, and the duty of the Railway Company to…