Bennett v. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co.

The appellant, Mrs. Lillie M. Bennett, administratrix of the estate of Howard C. Bennett, deceased, instituted this suit as such administratrix and in her own right and for the use and benefit of their minor children, to recover damages for the death of said H. C. Bennett, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the appellee railway company. The pleadings are voluminous, but we think for the purpose of our disposition it will be sufficient to state them briefly. In substance, it was alleged that in August, 1912, the defendant corporation was operating a line of railway, and as…