Texas Electric Ry. v. Blank

Appellee, F. W. Blank, with his wife and three daughters, lived in Hillsboro. On the night of September 3, 1920, Mrs. F. W. Blank died in a sanitarium in Fort Worth, and on September 4th her body was transported over the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway from that place back to Hillsboro. The remains were held at their home pending the arrival of their squ from Akron, Ohio. When the body reached Hills-boro, the undertaker, R. B. Beatherwood, who had charge of the funeral, called on W. J. Grissett, agent of the Texas Electric Railway, appellant, with -a view to making ar- rangeiuents for…