Lopez v. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Bexar County; R. B. Minor, Judge. Action by Tiburcia Lopez against the .Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas and others. ' Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFlx, C. J.
Appellant, describing herself as Tiburcia Lopez Yda de Simon Garcia, instituted this suit for damages against the railway company and Charles E. Schaff, its receiver, to recover damages alleged to accrue to her on account of the negligent killing of Simon Garcia, alleged to have been her husband by a common-law marriage. The marriage was denied by appellees, and other defenses presented. The cause was submitted to a jury on five special issues, the first being:
“At the time of the death of Simon Garcia, was the plaintiff, Tiburcia Lopez de Garcia, his lawful wife?”
The jury was instructed that,…
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