Texas & N. O. R. v. Foster

ANDERSON, Justice.

This suit was brought by the appellee, H. R. Foster, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained, by him when, at 5 :37 p. m. on May 8, 1951, an automobile which he was driving in a westerly direction along Sixth Street in the town of Shepherd, Texas, was , struck by the steam locomotive of one of appellant’s regularly scheduled, south-bound passenger trains. Upon a jury’s verdict, judgment was rendered in favor of appellee for the sum of $30,000.

The jury, in response to special issues, found, in substance, that the operatives of appellant’s locomotive were guilty of…