Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Johnson

JAMES, Chief Justice.

Appellee, Emrie Johnson, brought this action to recover on behalf of herself and her minor child, damages resulting from the death of her husband, George W. Johnson. The father and mother of Johnson were also named as plaintiffs, but no recovery was allowed them.

The occurrence in which Johnson was killed was by the passenger train on which he was engineer running into an empty box car standing upon the main track near Missouri City. The forms of negligence alleged were that the empty box car had been negligently left by defendant’s employes unblocked and unsecured upon a…