Caylat v. Houston E. & W. T. Ry. Co.

The appellant, Charles E. Caylat, while traveling in an automobile driven by A. B. Kelly, was seriously injured as the result of a collision with one of appellees’ engines at a public crossing, and brought this suit to recover compensatory damages for his injuries. The cause was submitted to a jury upon special issues, who found appellees guilty of various acts of negligence proximately causing the accident, and assessed plaintiff’s damages at $17,000. One of the defenses urged by appellees was contributory negligence of plaintiff in the particulars set forth in special issue No. 13, reading…