Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Parsley

FLY, Associate Justice.

This is a suit brought by Petra Parsley, as surviving wife of Richard Parsley, for herself and for the benefit of the other appellees, James R. Parsley and John B. Parsley, minor children of herself and said Richard Parsley, deceased, to recover damages in the sum of $20,000 for the killing of said Richard Parsley, on May 21, 1891. The material allegations, after stating that appellant had agreed to carry deceased safely from San Antonio to Houston, were as follows:

“ That in disregard of its said duty, the said defendant did run its train of cars so carelessly and…