Burlington-Rock Island R. v. Davis

This appeal was prosecuted by appellant, Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Company, from a judgment of the district court of Montgomery County in favor of appellee, Mrs. Bettie Chambless Davis, for damages for the death of her husband who was struck and killed on the 3d day of December, 1936, at Dacus, in Montgomery County, by one of appellant's passenger trains, as he attempted to drive his automobile across appellant's tracks, and for damages for the destruction of his automobile. All acts of negligence and proximate cause, plead by appellee against appellant and submitted to the jury, were…