San Antonio & A. P. Ry. Co. v. Behne
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Third Supreme Judicial District., Action by Albert Behne and wife against the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiffs was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals (198 S. W. 680), and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMcOLENDON, P. J.
This action was brought by Albert Behne and wife as plaintiffs, against the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Company, as defendant, to recover for the death of their son Ed Behne, who was drowned by being thrown from a tree in which he had taken refuge from the flood waters of Elm creek; the tree having been struck and felled by a bridge of defendant company, which had been washed by the flood waters against the tree.
The cause was tried before a jury upon special issues, and upon the answers by the jury of all issues favorably to plaintiffs, judgment was rendered for the latter. This…
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