Lancaster v. Stiles
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Red River County; H. IT. O’Neal, Judge. Action by Rena Stiles and another against .T. L. Lancaster and C. L. Wallace, Receivers Texas '& Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWillson, C. J.
October 15, 1920, S. R. Stiles, while walking on one of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company’s tracks at Detroit, was run over by a motorcar operated by appellants’ section men, and so injured that he died a short time thereafter. The deceased was a widower. Appellees Rena Stiles and J. C. Stiles were his children. They brought this suit for damages on the theory that the death of S. R. Stiles was due to negligence of the section men operating the motorcar. It appeared from testimony heard at the trial that appellee J. C. Stiles was not entitled to recover anything of appellants. The judgment…
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