Texas & N. O. R. v. Landrum

ANDERSON, Justice.

At 11:07 A.M., on January 11, 1952, while she was either walking across appellant’s railroad track or along it between the rails, in the business district of Livingston, Texas, Mrs. Jeanette Landrum was struck by the engine of one of appellant’s regularly scheduled, northbound passenger trains. The injuries which were thereby inflicted upon her resulted in her death on January 21, 1952.

Appellees, T. E. Landrum, Lucille Lan-drum and Avis Leon Landrum, and George L. Henderson, who are Mrs. Landrum’s surviving husband, minor children, and father respectively, sued appellant,…