Texas N. O. R. Co. v. Billingsley

The railroad track of appellant, Texas New Orleans Railroad Company, runs east and west through the town of Waller, Waller county, Tex. The depot is on the south side of the track and the Goodrich hotel on the north side. About 9 o'clock p. m. of the 27th day of May, 1933, for the purpose of going to a barber shop on the south side of the railroad track, A. T. Billingsley walked from the Goodrich Hotel to the public railroad crossing near the depot, which, at that time, was blocked by one of appellant's eastbound freight trains. Billingsley stopped near the crossing for the train to clear the…