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TEX. & PAC. RY. CO. v. PRATER

No. 211.

229 U.S. 177 (1913)

TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. PRATER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 26, 1913.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.L. Hall for plaintiff in error.

Mr. C.C. Prater, pro se, and Mr. A.W. Gregg for defendant in error.

Memorandum opinion, by direction of the court, by MR. JUSTICE LAMAR.

The plaintiff, a locomotive engineer, sued for personal injuries resulting from a collision with a freight train which had been left standing, without danger signals, on the track in the defendant's railroad yard at Thurber Junction, Texas. The company contended that he had been guilty of contributory negligence in failing to keep a lookout, in running at...

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