Hall v. Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co.

Maxey, J.,

(charging jury.) The plaintiff, Lemuel H. Hall, as the surviving father of Lemuel R. Hall, deceased, brings this suit against the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company and the Southern Pacific Company, to recover damages resulting from the death of his son, Lemuel R., growing out of injuries received by the son at Hondo river bridge while in the service of defendants as a brakeman. The cause of the disaster, as claimed by the plaintiff, and the death of his son, will be stated to you partially in the language of the petition, as follows: “That the proximate cause of…