Central Texas & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Luther

BOOKHOUT, Associate Justice.

—The plaintiff, James H. Luther, instituted suit in the District Court of Ellis County on January 11, 1903, for the recovery of damages against the Central Texas & Northwestern Eailway Company on account of alleged personal injuries resulting to himself by reason of negligence on the part of the defendant in running its passenger train against a switch engine which was negligently placed and left standing on the main track of defendant’s railway about one mile east from defendant’s station at Waxahachie, in Ellis County, at a switch called a Y, on the 7th day of…