De La Pena v. International & Great Northern Railway Co.

NEILL, Associate Justice.

—The plaintiff, Simon de la Pena, Jr., sued the defendant, International & Great Northern Railroad Company, to recover the sum of $40,000, damages for personal injuries alleged to have -been inflicted by the latter’s negligence.

The substance of the allegations in plaintiff’s petition is that the defendant had for years continuously and habitually obstructed the crossings of San Luis and Durango streets in the city of San Antonio by leaving cars and trains standing thereon; that such obstructions were maintained by defendant in violation of certain ordinances of the…