Western Indemnity Co. v. Murray
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Eighth Supreme Judicial District. Suit by Margaret Murray against the Western Indemnity Company and others, to recover compensatory damages for wrongful death of plaintiff’s husband. Judgment for plaintiff was reformed by the Court of Civil Appeals (208 S. W. 696); and defendant named brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLENDON, P. J.
This suit was brought by Margaret Murray against E. Martinez, several railroad companies, and plaintiff in error, Western Indemnity Company, the latter being sued as surety of Martinez, to recover compensatory damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband, caused by the alleged negligence of Martinez and the railway companies. Deceased at the time of his death was a passenger in a jitney bus which collided with a train operated by one of defendant railway companies in the City of El Paso. Martinez was the owner of the jitney bus, which he operated under license issued by the City of El Paso.…
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