Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Johnson

FINLEY, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought on February 19, 1887, by the appellees, Mrs. M. S. Johnson, in her own right, and as the next friend of her minor son, Murdie Lee Johnson, against appellant, the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company, for damages resulting from the death of A. D. Johnson, who was the husband of the plaintiff Mrs. M. S. Johnson, and the father of the plaintiff Murdie Lee Johnson, which death was alleged to have been caused on January 22,1887, by the negligence of the defendant. The deceased was alleged to have been in the employ of the defendant as brakeman…