Southern Kansas Ry. Co. of Texas v. Barnes
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Dipscomb County; F. P. Greever, Judge. Action by Thomas Barnes, iadministrator of A. P. Barnes, deceased, against the Southern Kansas Railway Company of Texas. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
The appellee, Thomas Barnes, as the personal representative of the estate of A. P. Barnes, deceased, instituted this suit against the Southern Kansas Railway Company of Texas, in the district court of Roberts County, Tex., upon an agreed change of venue to Lipscomb county, the cause was tried to a jury in the district court of the latter county, resulting in a verdict against the appellant railway company in the sum of $2,500. The deceased, A. P. Barnes, at the time of his death, was a brakeman upon one of the railway company's freight trains engaged in interstate commerce. A short time…
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