International-Great Northern R. v. Mallard

In October, 1920, the appellee was injured in a collision with a locomotive on what was then known as the International Great Northern Railway. The proof shows that the injury occurred in the city of Palestine, at a point where Reagan street crosses the railway track. The appellee was riding in an automobile going west, and the engine with which he collided was going north. As a reason for not discovering the approach of the engine, the appellee pleaded and proved that weeds had been negligently permitted to grow along the right of way, so that a train could not be seen coming from that…