Southwest Stone Co. v. Symons

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This suit arose out of a collision between a truck and a train at a railroad crossing. Appellee Symons, the owner and operator of the truck, recovered judgment for $4143.73 on a favorable jury verdict. Appellant has appealed, presenting 66 points of error in a brief containing 146 typewritten pages. We shall undertake the task of discussing the contentions of the parties in an opinion of reasonable length.

The collision occurred at night. Appel-lee charged that the crossing was unusually hazardous because the approach of the train was obscured by a low hill, some trees…