Cowans v. Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co.

SPEER, Associate Justice.

Appellant, who was engaged in driving a dray in the city of Amarillo, was injured in an attempt to cross appellee’s railroad tracks, and sought to. recover damages upon the grounds (1) that the place at which he was injured was a public crossing, and (2) that he was expressly or impliedly invited by appellee to cross the tracks at such place for the purpose of unloading a car of drygoods placed near there by the railroad company. From an adverse judgment in the District Court he has appealed, and seeks a reversal mainly upon alleged errors in the trial court’s charge.

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