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

MARR, Judge, Section A.

Jose Arispe and his wife as plaintiffs in the court below instituted this suit to recover both actual and exemplary damages of the appellant on account of the death of their son Pedro Arispe, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of “the superintendent and managers” of the defendant’s railway. It was alleged that said Pedro was in the employ of the defendant “as a laborer on the reparation of its roadbed” at $30 a month, working in connection with and on what is known as a work or construction train. His death was caused by this train colliding with one of the…