Fitzgibbons v. Galveston Electric Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Galveston County; Lewis Fisher, Judge. Action by Patsy Fitzgibbons and wife against the Galveston Electric Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMcMEANS, J.
Patsy Fitzgibbons and wife brought this suit against the Galveston Electric Company, which operates a street railway in the city of Galveston, for damages growing out of the death of their son, Wilbur, a boy 9% years old, caused by being run over by one of its street cars at a street crossing. The allegations of negligence, omitting those that were abandoned upon the trial in the court below, consisted of the following: That the employes' of defendant operating the car did not have the car under proper control; that the operatives were incompetent and inexperienced; that the car was being…
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