Markham v. Houston Direct Navigation Co.

Henry, Associate Justice.—

This suit was brought by John Markham to recover damages on account of injury to his wife alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the employes of the Houston Direct navigation Company, on or about January 23, 1887.

Appellant’s wife at the time of her injury was a passenger on board the Mollie Mohr, a tug boat used on that occasion by a party of excursionists, of whom she was one. The Mollie Mohr, on coming into Houston on her return that day after dark, ran against a rope stretched across the bayou by the employes of the navigation company for the purpose of…