POOLE v. MISSOURI PACIFIC R. CO.

No. 17876.

638 S.W.2d 10 (1982)

Bell D. POOLE, et al., Appellants, v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Odom, Zinetta Burney, Houston, for appellants.

Sewell & Riggs, Gordon A. Holloway & Claude Treece, Houston, for appellee.

Before EVANS, C.J., and DOYLE and WARREN, JJ.


DOYLE, Justice.

This is a wrongful death action.

This suit was brought to recover damages for the deaths of the driver and passenger of an automobile that was struck by a train owned and operated by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (MPRC). There was evidence that the driver of the automobile, proceeding in an easterly direction, could not see the approaching train because her view was obscured by a cement mixer tank, which once comprised the back of a...

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