Texas & N. O. R. v. Stratton

Appellees, Clarence H. Stratton and wife, Carrie Stratton, instituted this suit against appellant, Texas New Orleans Railroad Company, seeking to recover damages for the loss sustained by them in the death of their son and daughter, Joseph Richard Stratton and Carrie D. Stratton, caused by the collision of a Ford automobile in which their son and daughter were riding and a railroad train of appellant. The collision occurred about two miles north of the city of Eagle Pass, Tex., about 1 o'clock a. m. on January 15, 1933.

The case was tried before a jury, and upon their verdict judgment was…