Schumacher v. Missouri Pac. Transp. Co.

Mary Wolff Schumacher, for herself and other heirs, brought this suit for the alleged wrongful death of her husband occasioned by a collision between his car and a motor bus belonging to Missouri Pacific Transportation Company, on State Highway 66, between Edinburg and Pharr, in Hidalgo County, on September 12, 1936. Schumacher was driving alone in his car, a "1929 model A Ford Sedan," and the motor bus, driven by T. B. Lemp, was carrying eighteen passengers, on its regular run. The Schumachers sued both the Transportation Company and Lemp. The trial judge directed a verdict in favor of those…