Legal Opinion
Missouri-Kan.-Tex. R. Co. of v. McLain
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 12, 1934No. 3018PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTHALL, Justice.
Mrs. Annie E. McLain, surviving widow of Charles M. McLain, as plaintiff, brought this suit for herself and on behalf of two surviving children of her family, naming them, against defendant, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company of Texas, to recover damages which she alleges she and said children sustained by reason of the alleged negligent acts of defendant proximately causing the death of her said husband. The damages sued for were the sum of $12,000, and plaintiff prayed that such sum as she Inay recover be apportioned between plaintiff and her said children.
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. BighamTexas Supreme Court · 1896
- Seale. v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe R'y Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1886
- San Antonio & A. P. Ry. Co. v. BehneTexas Commission of Appeals · 1921
- Gonzales v. City of GalvestonTexas Supreme Court · 1892
- Mexican National Railway Co. v. MussetteTexas Supreme Court · 1894
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas R. Co. of Texas v. McLainTexas Supreme Court · 1939
- St. Louis, B. & M. Ry. Co. v. BrackCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
- Megan v. StevensCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
- Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company v. H. B. Hughes and Charles E. HatcherCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Community Natural Gas Co. v. RavellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942
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