St. Louis, Southwestern Railway Co. v. Watts
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth District, in an appeal from Bowie County The widow and children of John C. Watts sued the" railway company for causing his death and recovered judgment. Defendant appealed and on affirmance (173 S. W., 909) obtained writ of error. The case was referred to the Commission of appeals, hut was afterwards withdrawn by order of the Supreme Court and there submitted and decided.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gbeenwood
This action was brought by defendants in error, who are the widow and children of Jno. C. Watts, against plaintiff in error, St. Louis Southwestern Bailway Company of Texas, to recover damages arising from the death of Jno. C. Watts, who was run over by a switch engine of plaintiff in error, while he was lying o.n its track at Texarkana, where he had been thrown or had fallen, in alighting from a moving train of the Texas & Pacific Bailway Company, which he had hoarded as an escort of his daughter, who was a passenger.
The questions presented here require us to determine, first, what duty,…
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