Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Brown

BOOKHOUT, Associate Justice.

This suit was instituted in the District Court by John C. Brown and wife against the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company, to recover damages for the alleged negligent killing of their minor son, Herd Brown, while he was crossing the railroad bridge over East Buffalo Creek, in Johnson County. A trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiffs and defendant appealed.

Conclusions of Fact.—On April 22, 1902, Herd Brown, a minor, 12 years and 3 months old, with a companion, 17 years of age, was returning from a hunting trip to his home in the city of…