Peters v. Chicago, R. I. & P. R.

NORTHCUTT, Justice.

Appellant, Herschel T. Peters, sued the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, appellee, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him in a collision between a truck driven by appellant and one of the passenger trains of the appellee. The collision occurred at the intersection of Grand Avenue and the Rock Island tracks in the City of Amarillo, Texas. Appellant alleged appellee was negligent in the following particulars: In traveling at the rate of 45 miles an hour at the time and occasion in question; in failing to slacken the speed of the train;…