Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway Co. v. Kime

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

February 6, 1897, H. J. Kime entered appellant’s service as head brakeman on a freight train, and was killed a few hours afterwards, as the train started on its first regular trip to Brownwood, at or near Hill Street bridge, in the city of Port Worth, which is about a quarter of a mile west but in sight of appellant’s roundhouse, from which the train started. He left, a widow and two small children, who sued appellant on account of the loss so sustained, and recovered damages in the sum of $15,000, from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

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