St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Shelton.

CONNER, Chief Justice.

— Appellee sued for and recovered fifteen hundred dollars as damages for personal injuries received at a public street crossing in the city of Fort Worth. In this appeal from the recovery stated, the first assignment, complaining of the action of the court in refusing a peremptory instruction to find for appellant, the second and third, complaining of the action of the court in overruling the motion for a new trial, are all based on the contention that the evidence shows that appellee was guilty of such contributory negligence as precluded the recovery had.

Appellee, who…