GULF, COLORADO & SANTA FE RAILROAD CO. v. PARMER

No. 6730.

389 S.W.2d 558 (1965)

GULF, COLORADO & SANTA FE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. R. A. PARMER, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied April 30, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chilton O'Brien, Beaumont, for appellant.

Darden, Fowler & Creighton, Conroe, for appellee.


STEPHENSON, Justice.

This is an action for damages resulting from a collision between a bus and a train. Trial was by jury and judgment was rendered for plaintiff, the owner and driver of the bus. The parties will be referred to here as they were in the trial court.

The jury found the crossing involved was "extra-hazardous" and that defendant was negligent in not having a flagman, which was a proximate cause of the collision. Defendant contends there was no...

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