MISSOURI PAC. RY. CO. v. AM. STATESMAN

No. 12407.

538 S.W.2d 229 (1976)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. AMERICAN STATESMAN, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied July 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bond Davis, Marshall B. Miller, Jr., Gresham, Davis, Gregory, Worthy & Moore, San Antonio, for appellant.

Barry Bishop, Clark, Thomas, Winters & Shapiro, Austin, for appellee.


SHANNON, Justice.

Appellee, American Statesman, filed suit in the district court of Travis County against appellant, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, for damages. After trial to a jury, judgment was entered for appellee for $12,000.00. We will affirm that judgment.

In its trial pleading, appellee alleged that on July 12, 1972, appellant permitted one of its boxcars to collide with appellee's overhead scaffolding...

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