Texas Cent. R. Co. v. Dumas
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, McLennan County; Marshall Surratt, Judge. Action by R. F. Dumas against the Texas Central Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Findings of Fact.
JENKINS, J.
This suit was brought by appellee to recover damages from appellant on account of the death of his wife, alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of appellant. Appellant’s road runs north from Waco, and at a distance of about two miles from that city is crossed by a public road at what is known as the Ft. Graham crossing. Appellee, his wife, his chauffeur, Karels and Mr. Fagnana were in the automobile of ap-pellee going north, and, for some distance before reaching said crossing, were traveling nearly parallel with appellant’s railway. They turned in to…
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