Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Gentry
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEARS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This is an action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of the negligence of the defendant railway company, the present plaintiff in error, resulting in the death of Louis D. Gentry. It was brought in the Circuit Court of Dallas County, Texas, and was removed into the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas on the petition of the defendant, a corporation created under acts of Congress.
The deceased left surviving him his mother, the plaintiff Mary A. Gentry, seventy-five years old, and dependent upon him for support; his wife, the plaintiff…
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