Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Oslin

TEMPLETON, Associate Justice.

On the night of February 14, 1900, Mrs. Mary E. Oslin, wife of the appellee, A. J. Oslin, was struck and injured by an engine of appellant, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas, at a point in the city of Denison where the track of the company crosses Myrick Avenue, one of the principal thoroughfares of the city. Appellee brought this suit against appellant to recover damages on account of his wife’s injuries, and obtained judgment for $13,000. The company has appealed.

Myrick avenue runs north and south, and four tracks of the railway company cross…