BILLINGSLEY v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY

No. 164.

400 S.W.2d 789 (1966)

Byron BILLINGSLEY, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Fairchild, Fairchild & Hunt, Center, for appellant.

Wardlow W. Lane and Joe Davis Foster, Center, Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates, McGregor, Sewell, Junell & Riggs, Houston, for appellee.


DUNAGAN, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted in the District Court of Shelby County, Texas, by appellant, Byron Billingsley, against the appellee, Southern Pacific Company, seeking damages for bodily injury sustained when a vehicle operated by appellant was allegedly struck by appellee's train at a rural crossing in Shelby County on the night of October 31, 1963. Actionable negligence in numerous respects, including the maintenance of an extra-hazardous crossing...

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