HB 52, 30th R.S.
Relating to regulating the admission of evidence in damage suits against railroad companies and providing that the defense of contributory negligence, fenced road, switches, yards and open crossings shall not be permitted in any such case, unless the said railroad shall allege and prove that all its engines in use on said railroad were at the time equipped with electric headlights, if the damages sought to be recovered was from an accident happening in the night time, the railroad company shall further allege and prove that at such time the engine was properly equipped with an electric headlight and in proper use.
Author: J. G. Witherspoon
Session Law Chapter:
Acts 1907, 30th R.S.,ch. 32, General Laws of Texas
Subjects:
LIGHTING
Transportation--Railroads
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