Gulp, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Wagley
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Johnson. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Hall.
1Opinion of the Court
FINLEY, Associate Justice.
This was a suit for damages for the alleged negligent killing of the husband of the plaintiff Mrs. Eliza B. Wagley; she sues for herself and the mother of the deceased, Mrs. Mary Wagley. The negligence alleged consisted in the failure to furnish and keep sufficient lights at the depot and station of defendant company, the running of the train into the station at an unlawful and dangerous rate of speed at the time of the accident, whereby deceased, who was lawfully there and attempting to cross the track of the railway, was run over and killed, and failure on the part…
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