Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Harris

NEILL, Associate Justice.

—E. A. Harris, the mother of Hattie Harris, brought this action for herself-and as next friend of Lena, Alma, and Sarah Harris, the minor children of Hattie Harris, against the appellant, to recover damages for the death of Hattie Harris, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of appellant in operating one of its trains. The grounds of negligence alleged and relied on by the appellees against appellant are (1) the failure of appellant’s servants operating the train to ring the bell or blow a whistle as required by law in approaching a crossing on appellant’s…