International & Great Northern Railroad v. Johnson

This is a statutory action by appellees to recover from appellant damages for the death of their son, George F. Johnson; and from a verdict and judgment in their favor the defendant has appealed.

We omit the testimony disclosing the plaintiffs' relationship to the deceased and bearing on the amount of damages they sustained; but deem it proper to set out in full all the evidence bearing on the question of negligence, which is as follows:

Chas. P. Scrivener, for the plaintiffs: "I live in Austin, and have lived there about twenty years. I am a graduate of King's College, London, a school of…