Hines v. Foreman

This suit was brought by J. M. Foreman (who will be referred to as plaintiff) and wife against the Director General of Railroads, Walker D. Hines, to recover compensatory damages resulting from a *481collision between an automobile driven by plaintiff and one of defendant’s trains at a public crossing in the town of Wills Point, Tex., on July 16, 1918, in which accident plaintiff’s son, Earl Foreman, was killed, plaintiff J. M. Foreman sustained personal injuries, and the automobile was demolished. By a divided court the Court of Civil Appeals affirmed a judgment of the trial court in favor of…