Fort Worth & Denver Railway Company v. Williams

375 S.W.2d 279 (1964)

FORT WORTH & DENVER RAILWAY COMPANY, Petitioner,

v.

Mrs. O. B. WILLIAMS et al., Respondents.

No. A-9715.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 29, 1964.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 1964.

Dean & Nowlin, Chas. H. Dean, of counsel, Plainview, Tilley, Hyder & Law, Fort Worth, for petitioner.

Huff & Bowers, Lubbock, for respondents.

NORVELL, Justice.

This is a wrongful death action[1] arising out of a railroad crossing collision instituted by the surviving widow and children of O. B. Williams, deceased, against the Fort Worth & Denver Ry. Co. Trial to a jury resulted in a judgment for the…