I. G.N.R.R. Co. v. Edwards

The judgment before us was recovered by defendant in error, who was plaintiff below, on account of personal injuries sustained by him being struck by the engine of a passing train of plaintiff in error, near Waco, at the crossing of a public country road over the railroad. The evidence, without contradiction, shows that the plaintiff walked along the road at night, approaching the railroad obliquely, with his side towards it, until he came near the crossing when he turned with the road across the track, and was struck as he reached the center thereof. The train was visible by its electric…