Hines v. Kelley

The writ of error in

this case, which was granted because of conflict with Railway v. Gant (Tex. Civ. App.) 175 S. W. 746, was sued out upon a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals, affirming a judgment 'of the trial court in favor pf Sal-etia Kelley against Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, for $15,000, recovered in an action for compensatory damages for the death of plaintiff’s son, Claude Kelley, who was killed in a railroad wreck on the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio railroad, while in the discharge of his duties as locomotive fireman. The case was tried to a jury upon…