COFFEY v. FORT WORTH & DENVER RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 3174.

285 S.W.2d 453 (1955)

Cecil COFFEY et al., Appellants, v. FORT WORTH & DENVER RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied January 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wagstaff, Harwell, Alvis & Pope, Abilene, Maurice Smith, Anson, for appellants.

McMahon, Springer, Smart & Walter, Abilene, C. E. Brownfield, Jr., Anson, for appellee.


GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

Coffey sued the railway company for damages caused by the collision of his truck and defendant's train at an intersection of highway 180 and defendant's tracks in Anson. He alleged negligence as follows: that defendant, its agents, servants, and employees (a) failed to ring the bell or blow the whistle 80 rods from the crossing; (b) allowed weeds and trees to grow west of the intersection so that the view of persons approaching defendant's...

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