H. & T. C. R'y Co. v. Sympkins
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. James Masterson.
1Opinion of the Court
Gould, Associate Justice.
On the 10th of April, 1873, at noon, W. J. Sympkins, lying in a state of insensibility on the road-bed of the Central Railway, at a point where there was a long curve, and about 190 steps from a public crossing, was run over by the cars, whereby he lost his right arm, and was otherwise bruised. On his behalf, it is claimed that whilst walking on the railroad track he was providentially stricken down by a fit; that at the point on the curve where he fell, the engineer, by keeping a proper look-out, could have discovered him at about 300 steps distance, in ample time to…
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