Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Brown

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Associate Justice.-—This is a suit brought by appelleeagainst appellant for personal injuries resulting from a collision of two of appellant’s trains near Bellville.

The facts are: Plaintiff was a passenger on defendant’s passenger train, in the rear coach. The passenger train broke down in the night near Bellville and stopped on the main track about an hour or more. While so standing near the foot of a long grade, a freight train following down the long grade ran into the rear of the passenger train, causing the injuries to plaintiff for which the suit is brought. It was a dark…