International & Great Northern Railroad v. Boykin
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Fort Bend County. Boykin and wife sued the railway company and had judgment which was affirmed on appeal by defendant, who thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This suit was originally brought by defendant in error, D. B. Boykin and his wife, against the plaintiff in error, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been inflicted upon the wife, while a passenger on a train of the defendant, through the negligence of its servants. The wife having died while the suit was pending, the plaintiff amended his petition, and made the minor children of himself and his deceased wife, parties plaintiff, alleging in addition to the averments in his original petition the death of his wife, and that her death was caused by the injuries…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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