Pecos & N. T. Ry. Co. v. Finklea
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Randall County; Jno. W. Veale, Special Judge. Action by Mrs. A. N. Finklea against the Pecos & Northern Texas Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals;
1Opinion of the CourtHuff, C. J.
The appellee, Mrs. A. N. Finklea, sued the appellant, the, Pecos & Northern Texas Railway Company, in the district court of Randall county to recover damages alleged to have resulted from the negligent killing of her son, R. H. Finklea, while employed by appellant as brakeman on one of its freight trains. A trial resulted in a verdict by the jury and judgment thereon in favor of the appellee for the sum of $5,500, from which judgment appellant brings the case to this court. The grounds of negligence set up by appellee in her petition are substantially as follows, which we take from appellee’s…
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