Geer v. St. Louis, San Francisco & Texas Railway Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Grayson County. Angeline Geer, the mother, with the widow and children of her son, sued the railway company to recover for his death. All the plaintiffs had judgment. On defendant’s appeal, that in favor of the mother was reversed and rendered against her, whereupon she obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Yantis
A switchman named E. H. Geer, while in the employ of the St. Louis, San Francisco & Texas Railway Company, defendant in error, was injured on the night of August 5, 1910, in said railway company’s yards in Sherman, Texas, while rendering services in its behalf. He died from the injuries on the following day.
Mrs. Angeline Geer, who was the mother of the deceased, and who is plaintiff in error herein, recovered damages in the District Court of Grayson County, Texas. The questions presented arise upon the issue of whether or not the deceased was engaged in interstate commerce at the time he…
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