Fort Worth & R. G. Ry. Co. v. Hardin

Mrs. W. T. Hardin, joined pro forma by her husband, W. S. Hardin, brought this action against appellant to recover damages arising from the death of her daughter, Miss Ethel Johnson, caused by the negligence of appellant in permitting its freight train to collide with a sleeping coach attached to its passenger train on which Miss Johnson was, at the time, a passenger. Appellant filed a general demurrer and general denial. The court instructed the jury that Miss Johnson met her death through the negligence of appellant, and that Mrs. Hardin was entitled to recover any pecuniary loss suffered…