Lundberg v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas R. Co.

LESTER, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought by Mr. and Mrs, Hugh Lundberg, parents of Wilburn and Billy Joe Lundberg, of the ages of twenty-six and twenty years, respectively, who sustained fatal injuries on December 5, 1948, when the automobile in which they were riding collided wit-h a boxcar blocking the crossing on a public highway in the city of Walnut Springs, Texas.

They predicate their cause of action upon an extra hazardous crossing and the blocking of said crossing -for more than five minutes. They alleged the Railroad Company was negligent in not maintaining a light or ’signal,…