St. Louis, B. & M. Ry. Co. v. Watkins

* Write of error dismissed for want of jurisdiction January 31, 1923. This is a case in which appellee sued appellant for damages accruing to her by reason of the negligent killing of her two daughters, Mary Elizabeth Watkins, aged 6, and Ruth Ann Watkins, aged 3, years. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for appellee. The case is presented to this court with a voluminous record and a brief of 225 printed pages, containing 87 assignments of error, and 28 propositions of law. The court presented 16 special issues to the jury for itself, and 2 at the request of appellant, and 26…