St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Bolton

PLEASANTS, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought against appellant by the appellee, W. C. Bolton, as next friend and guardian of the estate of Pearl Bolton, a minor, to recover damages for personal injuries inflicted upon said minor through the alleged negligence of the appellant’s employes.

The trial in the court below resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff for the sum of $4000. We copy from appellant’s brief the following general.statement of the circumstances under which plaintiff’s ward was injured:

"Pearl Bolton was struck and injured by one of appellant’s locomotives…