Frugia v. Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway Co.

PLEASANTS, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought by Mrs. Frugia for herself and minor children to recover damages for the death of Zeb Frugia, her husband and the father of said minors. The petition charges that the death of said Zeb Frugia was caused by the negligence of appellant in the operation of one of its trains in the city of Beaumont on the night of the 18th day of May, 1902, the specific acts of negligence relied on for recovery being fully set out in the petition.

The defendant answered by general and special exceptions and general denial and by special plea of contributory…