Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Michalke

FLY, Associate Justice.

On the 3rd day of February, 1892, appellee sued appellant to recover damages in the sum of -$10,000, alleged to have accrued by reason of personal injuries received by him from being struck by a moving locomotive belonging to appellant. It was alleged that' appellee was crossing, the railway track in the town of Weimar, at a public street crossing; that there were obstructions on the track that prevented him from seeing an approaching train; that the whistle was not sounded nor bell rung, and that the train was running at a rapid, unusual, and unlawful rate of speed;…