TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. Hasting

McGILL, Justice.

Appellees as plaintiffs filed this suit against appellant as defendant to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiffs in a grade crossing collision which occurred in Stanton, Texas, on October 14, 1952. A pick-up truck driven by Mrs. Mildred Hasting, wife of Lloyd Hasting, was struck by an eastbound freight train of defendant. Two insurance companies that had coverage on the Hasting vehicle intervened. Trial to a jury resulted in judgment for plaintiffs and intervenors against defendant for $16,976.57.

Appellant’s first point, on which it lays much stress, is…