Dallas Consolidated Traction Railway Co. v. Hurley

FINLEY, Associate Justice.

This is a suit for damages brought by Annie Hurley and her two minor children against the Dallas Consolidated Traction Bail way Company (a street railway company), and Sam P. Cochran, receiver of said railway company, for damages for the negligent killing of Mike Hurley, who was the husband of the said Annie Hurley, and the father of the other two plaintiffs.

The petition charged, that the said Mike Hurley received the injuries causing his death while he was crossing the track of said railway in the city of Dallas, on a dark night. The negligence of the railway…