Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Brooks
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Milam County. Tried below before Hon. J. C. Scott.
1Opinion of the Court
JENKINS, Associate Justice.
Mrs. E. J. Brooks, widow of F. J. Brooks, deceased, and their two minor children, brought suit in the District Court of Milam County, to recover damages on account of the death of said F. J. Brooks, alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendant company, the appellant herein.
The undisputed facts show that F. J. Brooks was a section foreman on the G-., C. & S. F. railroad, living at Cameron; that on the evening previous to his death he received orders from the roadmaster to report next morning with his crew at Milano; that he left Cameron about…
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