Smith v. Galveston-Houston Electric Ry. Co.

This suit was brought .by plaintiff in error Smith against the railway company to recover damages in the sum of $25,000 for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant.

Plaintiff was injured in a collision between a motor truck which he was driving along a public highway of Galveston county, and an electric car which defendant was operating on its railway track across said highway.

Plaintiff alleged that defendant was a trespasser upon said highway at the time of the collision, it not having theretofore obtained the consent of Galveston county to place its…