Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co. of Texas v. Cotton

Appellee, Willie Cotton, a feme sole, instituted this suit in the court below to recover from appellant, Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company of Texas, a corporation, $5,000 in damages actually sustained and $2,000 in damages to accrue, all of which damages were alleged to have resulted to appellee from injuries received in a collision between one of appellant’s trains and an automobile in which appellee was riding in Greenville, Tex., November 1, 1925, as a guest of one George Ponder, not a party to this suit

Appellant answered by pleas of general demurrer and denial and contributory…