Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company v. Pettit

R. L. MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of John Dixon Pettit, appellee, against Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company, appellant, in the district court of Liberty County, for damages for personal injuries received in a night-time collision of a truck and a railroad tank car.

Appellee Pettit was the driver of a large van-type truck, driving west along High way 90 near Dayton in Liberty County about 3 o’clock in the morning oí November 4, 1950. His truck collided with a tank car which was a part of one of the appellant’s freight trains, operating on a track which…