Hough v. Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the ■'Western District of Texas. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
Plaintiffs in error, the widow and child of W. C. Hough, deceased, seek in this- action to recover against the Texas and, Pacific Railway Company damages, compensatory and exemplary, on account of his death, which occurred in 1874, while he was in its employment as an engineer.
In substance, the case is this: —
The evidence in behalf of the plaintiffs tended to show that the engine of which deceased had charge, coming in contact with an animal, was thrown from the track, over an embankment, whereby the whistle, fastened to the boiler, was blown or knocked out, and from the opening thus made hot…
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