Stewart v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.

JAMES, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff, Stewart, alleged that while crossing Walnut Street in the city of. San Antonio, at or near where it crosses Cherry Alley, defendant’s servants engaged' in operating its cars negligently backed or kicked a car or cars down over said crossing, causing him to be thereby struck and injured. That the ordinance of the city required that a bell should be rung on all locomotives and kept ringing as it approached the crossing; that the night was dark and defendant failed to provide lights on the cars or to sound the bell or blow the whistle or to give any kind of…