J. W. Zempter Const. Co. v. Rodgers

Rodgers sued the appellant Zempter Company and the Panhandle & Santa Pé Railway Company, to recover $600 damages to his Chevrolet truck, which he alleges collided with a passenger train. That, the collision was proximately caused by the negligence of the Zempter Company in not maintaining a Bagman at the crossing to advise appellee and other truckmen of the approach of fast-moving passenger trains. That his damages were also proximately caused by the negligence of the railway company in approaching the crossing without having its train under control and at a rate of speed exceeding sixty…