Edmiston v. Texas & New Orleans Railroad

Mr. Presiding Judge Smedley

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

Plaintiff in error sued defendant in error, the railroad company, for damages on account of injuries suffered by his wife, who was riding as a guest in an automobile which struck, or was struck by, defendant in error’s switch engine at a crossing of the railroad track with a public street in the city of Austin.

The jury, in answer to special issues, found that employees of the railroad company, who operated the switch engine, were negligent in several particulars alleged and that each of such negligent…