Draiss v. Payne

Plaintiff obtained a judgment for $1,891.86 against the Director General of Railroads as the amount of damages resulting to his automobile from a collision with a train of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, operated at the time under federal control.

The accident occurred at a railroad crossing of said company on Texas avenue in the city of Shreveport, one of the principal thoroughfares of said city.

It was at night, between the hours of 10 and 11 o’clock, was raining, and the avenue leading to the crossing was slippery and dangerous to automobile traffic.

Although the railroad company was…