Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Gardner

The appellees, Mrs. T. A. Gardner and her husband, T. A.’ Gardner, recovered a judgment in the district court of Lampasas county against appellant, Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fé Railway Company, for 815,000 as compensatory damages for personal injuries which Mrs. Gardner sustained as a result of stepping into a hole at a point where Elm street crosses the right of way of appellant in the town of Lometa. The appeal is from this judgment.- The case is briefed under 10 propositions, supported by 15 assignments of error, which we will consider in the order of their presentation.

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