Agent v. Houston Belt & T. Ry. Co.

This suit was brought by appellant, Mrs. Clara Agent, against the 'Houston Belt & Terminal Railway Company and James C. .Davis, Federal Agent, to recover damages in the sum of $25,000 alleged to have been suffered by her by reason of tfie ’ death of her husband, Talley Agent.

The plaintiff alleged:

That “on or about the 15th day of October, 1918, at about the hour of 9:15 o’clock at night, her husband, Talley Agent, while in the employ of the. defendants, and while in the discharge of his usual and customary' duties, and within the usual and ordinary scope of his employment of unloading baggage…