Chicago, R. I. & G. Ry. Co. v. Steele

J. Frank Steele instituted this suit, in the district court of Wise county, against the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company to recover damages on account of a collision between one of defendant’s passenger trains and an automobile in which the plaintiff, with four companions, was riding, near Chico, Texas, on July 29, 1920.

It was alleged that the defendant was negligent in that the. train was running at a rapid rate of speed, and that the statutory signals were not sounded for the public crossing where the accident occurred, and that the plaintiff’s view of the approaching train was…