St. Louis, B. & M. Ry. Co. v. Stafford

Stafford, the driver of an auto truck, that collided at a street-crossing in the city of Houston with one of its trains, sued the railway company in damages for his consequent personal injuries. Judgment went in the railway company’s favor under a jury’s verdict acquitting it of the negligence charged against it, and Stafford moved for a new trial; after evidence pro and con, the court entered its order granting the new trial on two specified grounds, and the railway company appeals from that action, invoking the act of the Thirty-Ninth Legislature, c. 18, p. 45, providing for appeals from…