Brush Electric Light & Power Co. v. Lefevre
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Galveston County. Lefevre and wife sued the Electric Company and obtained judgment which was affirmed on defendant’s appeal. Appellant then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
E. and Clara Lefevre, being husband and wife, sued the plaintiff in error in the District Court- of Galveston County for damages, on account of the death of Paul, charged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the electric light company. The case was tried before a jury and resulted in a verdict and judgment for $1000 for E. Lefevre and $3000 for Clara Lefevre, which judgment was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals.
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