Texas & N. O. R. v. Stratton

This is a companion case to No. 9399, Texas N. O. Railway v. A. A. Berry et al., this day decided 74 S.W.2d 750, and No. 9383, Texas N. O. Railway v. Clarence H. Stratton, decided on June 13, 1934,74 S.W.2d 741.

Each action was for damages occasioned by the alleged wrongful death of an occupant of a certain Ford automobile in a collision with one of appellant's trains on the early morning of January 15, 1933.

Three young men, and a young lady, were riding in the motorcar at the time of the accident. Joe Stratton and Joe Balsch sat in the front seat; the former driving. Harold Berry sat in the…