Haughton v. Houston Belt & Terminal Railway Co.

WOODRUFF, Justice.

This action was instituted by appellants, John Haughton, the surviving husband, and Alexander Minor, an adult dependent son, of Annie Coachman Haughton, deceased, to recover damáges for the negligent killing of Annie Haughton on the night of May 8, 1954, by appellee’s employees in running over her in the operation of its equipment. At the conclusion of appellants’ testimony the trial court sustained appellee’s motion to instruct a verdict in its behalf because appellants had failed to prove any negligence on the part of appellee’s employees proximately causing ■ Annie…