Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. Leifeste

I. Y. Leifeste, a young unmarried man 25 years of age, was killed in a collision between one of plaintiff in error’s pas*1062senger trains and the automobile which he was driving, at a point where the public road crossed the railroad track in the town of Marion.

His parents brought this suit to recover damages occasioned by reason of his death, and in a trial before the court without the intervention of a jury were' awarded a judgment in the sum of $7,500, and an appeal from such judgment resulted in its affirmance by the Court of Civil Appeals. 8 S.W.'(2d) 764.

Plaintiff in error’s petition for…