Sisti v. Thompson

This appeal relates to a damage suit in which petitioners sued respondent in the District Court of Victoria County upon a cause of action arising out of a railroad crossing accident, the ground of recovery being predicated upon the doctrine of discovered peril.

Mrs. Theresa 0. Sisti and two minor sons, the surviving heirs at law of Sammie Frank Sisti, together with his mother, sued Guy A. Thompson, Trustee, alleging that Sammie Frank Sisti was killed on February 6, 1948, at a railroad crossing near Bloomington, Victoria County, Texas, when a road maintenance machine he was operating was struck…