Tyler Southeastern Railway Co. v. Rasberry

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

— This action was brought by Mary Rasberry, S. C. Rasberry, and Jessie Rasberry, wife, mother and child of Julius Rasberry, deceased, to recover damages of the Tyler Southeastern Railway Company for negligently causing the death of Julius Rasberry. The child, Jessie, sued by his mother, Mary Rasberry, as next friend. There was judgment in favor of the appellees upon the verdict of a jury which apportioned the damages as follows: to the wife $6000, and to deceased’s mother and his child $4000 each.

The deceased was an employee of the appellant as a fireman on one of its…