St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. of Texas v. Douthit

The appellee Mrs. Elizabeth Douthit brought this suit for herself and as next friend for her four minor children to recover- of appellant damages sustained on account of the death of her husband and the father of said children, Jeff Douthit, who it is alleged was killed on November 5, 1916, by being negligently struck by one of appellant’s trains. The petition, alleges that the deceased was struck and killed while upon or near appellant’s railroad track, about one mile east or northeast of the town of Josephine, and at or near a dirt road crossing maintained by appellant, and which, by…