Quanah, A. & P. Ry. Co. v. Goodwin

This suit was prosecuted by the appellee Goodwin against the Texas Building Company and the Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway Company, for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of being thrown from his horse, which was frightened at a street crossing on appellant company’s railway, by the obstruction of the crossing in piling steel rails in the street, etc. The railway company answered by denials of negligence on its part, and also alleged that it had contracted with the Southwestern Construction Company to build an extension of its road 40 miles from Paducah, in a…