Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Farmer
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Johnson County. C. W. and Lota Farmer sued the railway company for damages resulting from the death of his wife, the mother of Lota. Plaintiffs recovered judgment, which was affirmed on appeal by defendant, who then procured writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Gaines
This suit was brought by C. W. Farmer and his daughter, Lota Farmer, to recover of the defendant company damages for injuries inflicted upon Mrs. Frankie M. Farmer, who was the wife of C. W. Farmer and mother of Lota Farmer, by the negligence of the defendant company, which injuries are alleged to have resulted in the death of said Frankie M. Farmer.
It appears from the evidence that Mrs. Farmer had undergone an operation in Ft. Worth for sarcoma and was on her return home at Cleburne, Texas, on the railroad of the defendant company, and upon their arrival at Cleburne, as she was about to…
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