Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Finley

LIGHTFOOT, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought by appellee, Mrs. Frances M. Finley, for herself and children, for damages for the death of her husband, who was a brakeman on the road of the defendant company, such death claimed to have been caused by the negligence of appellant, in its yards in East Dallas. It is alleged that deceased was a member of the train crew which brought the train into the yards, where it was turned over to the yard crew, an entirely distinct department of service, while the train crew went to get supper and to receive orders; that it was the business of the yard crew…