Coffey v. Fort Worth & Denver Railway Company

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

Coffey sued the railway company for damages caused by the collision of his truck and defendant’s train at an intersection of highway 180 and defendant’s tracks in Anson. He alleged negligence as follows : that defendant, its agents, servants, and employees (a) failed to ring the bell or blow the whistle 80 rods from the crossing; (b) allowed weeds and trees to grow west of the intersection so that the view of persons approaching defendant’s track was obstructed; (c) permitted weeds and trees to grow on defendant’s right of way immediately west of the intersection “to…