Houston v. Sherman

This suit was instituted in the district court of Liberty county by Mrs. Settie Sherman in her own right and as next friend for her seven minor children, against the railway company, to recover damages for the death of J. S. Sherman, her husband and the father of said minors, as the result of a collision between a Ford truck driven by the deceased and a passenger train operated by the railway company, at a public road crossing, occasioned by the alleged negligence of said company. *

The grounds of the company’s negligence relied on by plaintiffs may be succinctly stated as follows: (a) In…