TEXAS & PACIFIC RY. CO. v. FLOYD

No. 15361.

309 S.W.2d 525 (1958)

TEXAS & PACIFIC RY. CO., Appellant, v. Gladys FLOYD, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied February 7, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robertson, Jackson, Payne, Lancaster & Walker and L. P. Bickel, and Donald L. Case, Dallas, for appellant.

Caldwell, Baker & Jordan and Ken R. Davey, Dallas, for appellee.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

Appellee Gladys Floyd was a passenger in an automobile which stalled on the tracks at a railroad crossing in the path of an oncoming train. She escaped from the automobile before the collision took place, but in doing so sustained personal injuries. She sued appellant Texas & Pacific Railway Company for damages because of her injuries and was awarded judgment for $1,900.

The automobile, a 1950 model Pontiac, was owned and was being...

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