Mitcham v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.

WALTHALL, Justice.

Mrs. Marietta Mitcham, joined by her husband, I. W. Mitcham, brought this suit against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company and Texas Short Line Railway Company for damages for personal injuries to herself, and to her infant daughter, Mary Edna Mitcham, said injuries alleged to have been caused to them through the negligence of defendants, when the automobile in which they were riding as an invited guest of one P. A. McNabb came into collision with one of defendant’s trains at a grade crossing of the public road. Upon motion a verdict was instructed as to the Texas & Pacific…