Texas City Terminal Ry. Co. v. Allen

MONTEITH, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal in an action brought by appellees, Evelyn Allen and Mrs. M. E. Allen, to recover from appellant, Texas City Terminal Railway Company, damages growing out of the death of Ike Allen, the husband of Evelyn Allen and the son of Mrs. M. E. Allen, as a result of a collision which occurred on the Galveston-Texas City Highway between an automobile driven by the deceased and a train of appellant’s tank cars which were being backed into a tank farm over a spur track across the highway.

Appellees alleged that appellant’s failure to maintain automatic signal or…