Chicago, Rock Island & Texas Railway Co. v. Porterfield
Texas Supreme Court
Ebbob to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Wise County. Porterfield sued the railway company for damages from death of a husband by defendant’s negligence through injuries at a railway crossing, and obtained judgment, which was affirmed on appeal, whereupon the company obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by H. J. Porterfield, wife of W. W. Porterfield, who sued in behalf of herself and her minor children, and by H. Porterfield, the father of the deceased, to recover damages for the death of W. W. Porterfield, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the railway company at a crossing near the town of Chico, Wise County. One of the grounds of negligence relied upon was that the servants of the railway company operating the train failed to blow the whistle and ring the bell on approaching the crossing at which the accident occurred, as…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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