Texas City Terminal Co. v. Showalter

This suit was instituted by Joseph L. Showalter, who will be hereinafter referred to as plaintiff or appellee, against the Texas City Terminal Company, who will be referred to as defendant or appellant, to recover damages for personal injuries, doctors’ and medicine bills, and nurse hire, alleged to be of a total sum of $10,000.

On the 10th day of July, 1920, plaintiff was riding in an automobile driven by his brother, Hugh Showalter, along a street in the town of Texas City, and, as the automobile reached a point in said street where the railway track of defendant crosses said street, a…