Texas & N. O. R. v. Singler

Appellee sued appellant to recover $40,000 damages for alleged personal injuries sustained by him as the result of a collision between appellant’s train and appellee’s automobile at a street crossing in ,the town of Roekport, Tex. Appellee alleged that he was operating an automobile going from the town of Roekport toward the southern city limits and, at the time he attempted to cross appellant’s track on Church street, a train of coal cars was backed across said street, striking appellee’s automobile and injuring him.

The specific grounds of negligence alleged are:

“(a) That defendant knew it…