Missouri-Kansas-Texas R. Co. v. McKinney

GEORGE, Justice.

Mrs. Mary Lola McKinney and, two children instituted this suit for damages for the wrongful death of their husband and father, J. N. McKinney, against Jackson-Strickland Transportation Company and Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company of Texas. The case was tried before the court and jury and judgment was rendered in favor of the McKinneys for the aggregate sum of $16,000 against both Transportation Company and Railroad Company on the jury’s findings that the driver of the truck and the operatives of the train were each guilty of negligence in many respects, and that each act…