Dirr v. San Antonio & A. P. Ry. Co.

Appellant brought this suit against appellee railway company, seeking to recover damages for personal injuries received by him and for the value of his automobile destroyed in a collision between said automobile, driven by appellant, and one of appellee railway company’s engines, engaged in pulling some freight cars. The collision occurred at a public road crossing on appel-lee’s railway track, in the the country, about three miles from Tanglewood, Lee county, Tex.

The grounds of negligence relied upon by appellant for a recovery of damages were a failure on the part of appellee’s engine…