Davis v. Pettitt

Appellee, Pettitt, while riding as a guest in a Ford automobile driven by “Hudie” Hawes, was personally injured as the result of a collision between it and one of appellant’s trains at the intersection of the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway and the Wharton and Hungerford public road; the point being about 3 miles east of Wharton, Tex., and known as the Peach Creek crossing. “Bobbie” Houston was also an invited guest in the automobile, sitting on the back seat alone, while the appellee occupied the right-hand side of the front seat with Hawes. At the crossing the •railroad ran…