Dunaway v. Austin St. Ry. Co.

Mrs. A. Z. Dunaway instituted this suit for her own benefit and the benefit of her minor children, and the mother of her deceased husband, W. B. Dunaway, who while acting as an employé of the city of Austin received injuries which resulted in his death. The suit was brought against the city of Austin, and also against the Austin Street Railway Company; the plaintiff charging that each of the defendants was guilty of certain specified acts of negligence.

Long before the accident which caused the death of W. E. Dunaway, the Street Railway Company constructed a railway line along East Twelfth…