Wortham v. Bull

Appellants sued appellee for damages resulting from the,death of W. B.

Wortham, husband and father of appellants, occasioned by'the alleged negligence of appel-lee in driving his automobile against deceased on a public street in Austin, knocking him down, and inflicting injuries from which he died. On the trial the verdict and judgment were for appellee; hence this appeal.

Over appellants’ objection that it contained two separate and distinct ultimate issues of fact, the court submitted the following special issue: “When W. B. Wortham reached about the center of Nineteenth street, did he stop…